The Good Thief

A good bookReminiscent of Dickens, set in New England. Included a giant, a midget, a landlady, an evil industrialist, factory girls, an orphan, and on and on. Nonetheless, the story grabbed me and the main character's (Ren's) search for how to be good in a bad world was captivating. Our little orphan hero was constantly beset by one peril or another, and this certainly kept the action moving. It was a bit like a comic-book from that standpoint. While many of the characters were painted with a wide brushstroke, some seemed real and human enough for me to care what happened to them. And I definitely cared for, and was sad for, the horse. This was a good, but not great, book.