The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Thief
Book Review: Rock On, Gen!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
In The Thief , an accomplished Sounis thief named Gen claims he can steal anything. But when the king's magus hires Gen to steal Hamiathe's Gift, a stone dipped in the waters of immortality, he gets caught in a sticky situation. He will have to betray his true kingdom, Eddis, or his new colleagues.This book is character & plot driven. Not only does Gen change his thoughts about his soldier father, but there are also some exciting battles & escapes. Therefore, this book is both character & plot driven.
Since I enjoy fantasy books, I ws interested in the author's writing style. Most of the fantasy books I've read aren't in first person, & yet this book is. She also tells the reader a lot of things in very few words. Because of her particular writing style I enjoyed this book a lot.
Book Review: SHOULD HAVE WON THE MEDAL!!!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
The Thief starts where the main character, Gen is in a prison cell for stealing the kings seal. He is then awakened by the king's magus, or head scholar, to leave on a journey that will put Gen into a celebrity position. The journey is one through very harsh conditions across a land strangely resembling that of ancient Greece to find Hemiathe's Gift. A stone that supposedly, if real, can give the wearer the gift of immortality. Also, it would prove the person to find it to be the undisputed leader of Attolia. On this journey, the magus has selected a comical group to come with him on the journey besides Gen. There are Ambiades and Sophos, freqently referred to in the book as the two uselesses and the magus's students and Pol, a burly soldier supposedly there only for the sake and safety of Sophos. On the journey to the temple of Hemiathes, Gen realizes that he is simply a tool to steal the gift and I quote, "If a blacksmith makes a sword, is it the hammer that gets the credit of actually making the sword?" sadly, this hammer has ideas of its own. Once the gift is secured by the king of Sounis, he will take control of Attolia and expand his empire past a certain mountain range and unite the whole world under his rule. Crazy plan if you ask me, but I guess it's worth it. If there were such things as half stars, I would have given The Thief 4 1/2 stars but there aren't. If you want to learn about the gods of the REAL Greek pantheon I suggest you go read another book because Megan Whalen Turner made theese gods up. Also, in the book, nothing is historically accurate in terms of the bubonic plague, gunpowder, the movable type, and the pocketwatch. But I still highly reccomend that you should read this book and that the Newberry Honor wasn't good enough for this book, it should've won the medal. Lastly, in conclusion, I can't wait to read the follow up, the Queen of Attolia.Book Review: COOL
Summary: 3 Stars
I LOVED this book! The plot and characters are amazing. The mythology tied the book together. The way it ended, about him knowing everything, was so cool. This is one of my all time favorite books. I highly recomend this book to all. It's a little confusing. You really have to follow it to get the end, but it is so worth it. I give it 100 stars, a perfect book.Book Review: Thank you, Thief :)
Summary: 5 Stars
Gen was not 'just' a petty thief! He was an excellent one, with attitude, pride, wit and of course, a 'big' secret of his own. I totally enjoyed his interaction among the Magus group. From the first page, you will build a maze in your mind, trying to guess who was Gen, what was he going to do next and why did he do what he did. It's like starting from the folded end of a folded rope and ending to find the start and the end of the rope tied majestically, with the gods' meddling in it :).
I couldn't stop being surprised and touched by the relationship bertween the Magus and Gen, a not-successful too-much-bragging thief the Magus thought he was. How the clash between them changed into a deep and honorful friendship. Not to mention Gen's outright comments that sometimes got the best of him and his effort to place Gen back into just a tool to steal. I can't get enough of it. Mrs. Turner surely knows who her characters were.
In the end... No, I don't want it to get ended coz I will pick The Queen of Attolia right from my shelf next... I think I will get back to this book after I finished rereading that one too after a looong time :))
Thank you for waking me up from a long dull slumber. This is more than a 10 starred worth review for it.
Book Review: The Book that Should Have Won the NB Medal
Summary: 5 Stars
A fast-paced, cleverly written adventure about a fictionous world and a clever thief, who is George Clooney in Ocean's Eleven or Piers Brosnon in The Thomas Crown Affair. Gen, having been in prison for six months for bragging for being able to steal anything, is released by the King's Magus: the smartest man in the kingdom who is determined to get a legendary stone that he wants Gen to steal. If Gen can fetch the stone, he will be granted his freedom. However, cocky and clever Gen has his own ideas about how this plan is going to work...The PERFECT novel to read. Exciting and deliciously witty, Whalen Turner keeps us reading as fast as possible. A twist ending awaits in the last pages of the book. When your done with that, you should definitely go pick up the sequel, The Queen of Attolia. -Lia