I found it very interesting how so many people could make a living by selling and buying books. This book started out kind of slow because at first they just started out by telling boring stories about how people stole books. The thing that really held me attention was the prices of the books that where sold. Books that where worth over one hundred thousand dollars seemed like there would be no way anyone would ever buy them. I don't know if it was me I would not put out books at that price because you are pretty much asking for someone to try to steal it.
Something that kind of bugged me about this book is the way Gilky's parents acted when he stole the baseball mitt. They just let him take and did not even punish him and this to me is the biggest problem with him. If his parents would have made him take back the mitt then most of the things he did probably would have never of happened. I also found it odd that a store hired him when he did not fill out his application all the way since he didn't put down whether or not he had committed any crimes.
All in all this book held me attention for most of the time and I found it very enlightening. I would recommend book.
It also bugged me the way Gilky's parents acted when he stole the mitt. I mean if you think about it, who knows if he would have stole ever again after that situation. If he would have gotten in extreme trouble for that one time he would have never ended up the way he is. I think it is just one of those situations where you say woulda, shoulda, coulda. I agree it was weird that someone would just hire him on like that without knowing if he had a criminal record or not. I mean I almost think it was just an added twist to the story because I don't think that anyone today would ever hire someone without knowing somewhat of their background. On the other hand I would differ from what you said about recommending this book. I really don't think I would. But that is only my opinion.
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