An interesting thing about The Thief is that for the first 40% of the book not much happens. Gen gets out of prison and they travel from point a towards point b. In most books that would bore me to no end, one of my main problems with Lord of the Rings and with the Hobbit is all the darn boring travel. But Turner makes it work! The interactions between the five main characters is just so darn interesting. They all have interesting background that slowly gets revealed throughout the book and their interactions and relationships are so interesting that the plot itself really is secondary. 
 To sum up: I really liked the story. The characters and the relationships between them swept me up and carried me though what could have been boring travel scenes. 
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