The Good Thief, by Hannah Tinti

     A while ago, I picked up a book called The Good Thief, by Hannah Tinti, which—although I did not end up finishing it—turned out to hold a fast-paced story.  I would have ended up finishing it if it was not for my high level of interest in the Hunger Games trilogy interfering.  I was reading both this novel and Catching Fire at the same time, let alone a couple other serious time-consumers the past couple of months, so it was difficult for me to find the time to read this book.  However, despite the fact that I did not finish this book, I can still claim that it is a pretty fine story.  (**Spoiler Alert**)  There is one thing that comes up into the story during the early parts that is sort of ridiculous.  Even though the main character is eventually rescued from being housed  as an orphan under heavy control, I could not help but to question why none of the orphan boys ever attempted to flee the place during the Spring (when they were allowed to temporarily go outside their confining walls of the orphanage to forage for berries.  The majority of the boys seemed to hate the situation that their childhoods were in up until the main character left, so why would they never attempt to leave?  The Spring is an especially perfect time of the year to flee, considering that there are two to three more seasons to make a new life for one’s self before winter arrives.