Thief!

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A six day stay at hospital. What, did she get pneumonia or something? Lydia seems to suffer from the conveniently-passing-out trope. This is an exciting book which allows the reader to imagine the future and the advance in technology. This book did have me hooked at certain points though at times i felt it was a tad too descriptive.

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But the two parts of the book somehow didn’t work together for me – I just found the combination a bit strange and implausible. Lydia didn’t need to go forward in time to prove that she was innocent and her trip felt a bit pointless (even though don’t get me wrong, it was the most interesting part of the book).If this was some foolish kind of prank, Lydia, then I have to tell you I’m not amused- Now I don’t believe you meant to really steal it, otherwise you would have taken it home with you. Certainly you’d have taken it off the school premises(...)” A children story that can only be enjoyed by the children is not a good children story in the slightest.” - C.S. Lewis

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But damn. That time travel wasn’t thought through. Or rather. None of the characters thought it through. At first I thought only Lydia was an idiot. But. Seems like I was wrong. The argument is that there is no one worse. But that doesn’t say they will be a whole lot better. According to Fran, the whole of England is cluttered with rulers ranging from poor to downright awful. Because; the thing is, Lydia might now prevent herself and Danny growing into jaded tyrants, but that isn’t stopping literally everyone else from tormenting the town and the whole of England. The resistance says this themselves: You're the new girl in school. You're just trying to fit in - and it's not working. Then someone accuses you of theft, and you think things can't get any worse. Until you get caught in a freak storm . . . The book just looses all it's meaning. It becomes unrealistic to the max and doesn't give a solution to the problem. It just holds up and shows the future of Lydia's life where everything seems weird because the town is ruled by some mutant tyrant? It didn't match with the storyline at all and just made it unbearable to read.

The whole initial conflict. Look, I get Lydia feeling distraught. She’s a bit pathetic, but everything was describing pretty well; probably the best bit of description in the book - how she feels that everyone hates her, what it’s like to be outside when everyone thinks you’re a thief. But it gets pulled to such ridiculous proportions. I’d buy it if this were just Lydia’s perception; she is convinced every single soul in the town hates her because she is so anxious, when in truth it isn’t such a big deal - but considering that this conflict triggers the whole plot, it doesn’t come across that way. And also the fact that Frankie remembered all this in painstaking detail and even passed it down to her daughter. ~ This is further reinforced by the Henson’s believing they were ‘forced’ out of the town which is ‘directly linked’ to their crash. Personally, I thought the twist was pretty neat; and entirely unexpected, rather novel. And I don’t mind that the time travel isn’t explained. As long as you set yourself some rules and then abide by them then things are fine.

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Which means that out of a 100%, 100% loved this book. I must add that I've read this book twice, both in my fifteenth year of life. Which is two years ago. I dont have a copy, and have never stumbled upon it again in any library or bookshop. But I still remember all of the twists and major plot points. So I should be fine with this review. Hopefully. THIEF! is an imaginative novel which plays with the parable of not letting hate beget hate. We follow the protagonist Lydia as she tries to deal with the contempt of a whole town. It ultimately leads her to being whisked about 40 years into the future, where her town his subjected to the oppression of the Tyrant. If only he [Daniel Henson] had some family,” said a second man’s voice. “Then we could kidnap his wife or children and have something to bargain with.” Her books are so intelligent and even though they are written for readers who are more on the 'Young' side of 'Young Adults', they are still rich with well-thought out characters and don't shy away from gritty and uncomfortable subject matters. (I remember the controversy that Pig Heart Boy caused when it was adapted for the BBC!) Thief" is not fantasy, per se, but has elements of the supernatural, if you will. The opening chapters are a reflection of true life, but then, as the story progresses, we see our protagonist travelling into the future (I hope that's not a spoiler!). Things really get interesting from there. REALLY.Fran knowing all about Lydia’s conflict. Why would Frankie tell her this in such aching detail? One would assume that it’s to make Fran understand the Tyrant’s motivations, but the thing is, Fran doesn’t know about his motivations! Only about the cup-conflict. And not just, oh there was this girl in town who ran away and died because people accused her of theft. But in every single -she-tried-to-speak-to-you-in-the-parking-lot-of-the-supermarket-but-you-wouldn’t-listen-i-wish-you-had-listened-then-she-slipped-and-fell-but-it-wasn’t-your-fault detail. Fran’s general knowledge on the subject broke my suspension of disbelief. Felt a lot like lazy writing. I think this is a great, fantastic, thriller book and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys fantasy, science-fiction thriller books. In give it 4 stars because it didn’t give some information about the parents when Lyidia went to the future. Because lyidia didn’t see her parents in the future. So did they die how? Or did they move away when? Obviously a book aimed at children, so the dialogue and description is a little simple, but a fun story nonetheless which took a turn I didn’t see coming at all.

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And finally, I just want to whinge about Lydia’s character...nothing wrong here, I just didn’t grow to like her much. Her reason for declaring Frankie her ‘best friend’ after three weeks is because: Lydia is quite happy with her life; she has just moved down from London to a small town called Tarwich and has already made a friend but then she is blamed for a theft that she did not commit. Suddenly her life turns upside down and everywhere she looks people are pointing at her and shouting ‘THIEF!’. All she wants to do is hide in humiliation and only her 10-year-old brother, Danny, really understands how she feels. Isn’t that nice? on her journey she falls over to find herself in the future. Here she meets her future self and her future brother who own a town. They work together and make life very difficult for the residents that live there. when young Lydia finds out what her future self and brother have done, she decides to return to her time and change the future. Then there is Lydia’s trip to the future which is actually quite interesting as it reveals a dystopian picture in which wealthy individuals own whole towns and rule them as they see fit. I really liked the idea of a localised society in the future rather than a globalised one – this is something different and it’s again a shame this aspect of the novel wasn’t developed more, although it makes sense as it’s not that relevant to the main story.

and you’re wrong,” one man’s voice argued vehemently. “If we get rid of him, how do you know he won’t be replaced by someone worse?” Fleeing on to the moors when she is unfairly accused of theft, an unusual storm suddenly whirls 12-year-old Lydia into the future. But will it ever let her return?