The Good Thief

I found this book to be rather good. I'm currently trying to get my brother to read this book, along with several others. I constantly tell him that it's because its a book about a child who is missing a hand that is adopted by a group of grave robbers, and where can you go wrong with that?
I liked the characters in the book. My favorite character is Dolly, the giant murderer. When he was described it constantly reminded me of The Somnambulist, from The Somnambulist. Both Dolly and The Somnambulist were men of giant physique, and I enjoyed making comparisons between them. Also, I liked how Dolly supported Ren as much as he did. He only listened to Ren, and nobody else could tell him what to do.
Benjamin was also an interesting character. I always find it interesting when there is a character in a novel that has committed as many crimes as he has and somehow managed to get away with them. His wanted poster had such a long stream of crimes on it that it made him seem like some super villain from a comic book.
The book was very intriguing. There were many plot twists and I found it hard to predict some things, like McGinty being the one who had taken Ren's hand from him, and how Ren was actually his father. The book flowed well and I found it hard to stop reading, so I would often find myself reading a chapter or two extra, then noticing that the clock said it was later than I thought it was, so I would force myself to put down the book so that I could get a good amount of rest.
I liked the title of the book for one reason: the day before I found out from the interview that it was named after something from the bible, my mother had asked me how a thief is good. She is a super Christian, so I was surprised that she didn't understand it. I found it to be very humorous that she didn't know it and I did.