The Good Thief

Book 21 of my 2018 Reading Challenge

The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti

Summary (via the book jacket)
Twelve-year-old Ren is missing his left hand. How it was lost is one of the mysteries that Ren has been trying to solve his entire life - as well as who his parents are and why he was abandoned as an infant at Saint Anthony's Orphanage for boys. When a young man named Benjamin Nab appears, claiming to be Ren's long-lost brother, his convincing tale of how Ren lost his hand persuades the monks at the orphanage to release the boy and gives Ren some hope. But is Benjamin really who he says he is? As Ren is introduced to a life of hardscrabble adventure filled with outrageous scam artists, grave robbers, and petty thieves, he begins to suspect that Benjamin holds the key not only to his future but to his past as well.

My Opinion
I wavered between 3 and 4 stars for this book and rounded down because I questioned the audience this book is for.  It read like a juvenile book so it's not fully satisfying to an adult reader but it was really really dark so I would be aware of what kind of reader the child is before recommending it. 


Quote from the Book
"Ren kept as close to Benjamin as he could. He crouched down and grasped the edge of the wagon. He counted everything inside. There were three bodies, two thieves, one dead man, and him. The horse continued to pull them all, its hooves echoing against the stones in the street."