Steve Bagdanov

What a sad story. The “accomplishment” is astounding, but the story is flat. There is no redemption, no character qualities to emulate, ultimately it feels like a story that shouldn't be told.
Unrelated but something that I wish it had were pictures of the characters. There is a center section with pictures of some of the art work stolen but there are no photos of the characters. There are drawing of the attic rooms where he stashed his loot, but no photos. I want to leave this story with the last page of the book but feel weirdly compelled to finish the story by googling the characters. I think I will abstain.
Should you read it, meh.

I enjoyed this book mostly. I liked the main character, the story was interesting, different. I looked forward to picking it back up each day, the ending was...interesting - still trying to figure it out.

Best quote: “Maria understood that part of aging, at least for many of us, was to see how misshapen and imperfect our stories had to be. The passage of time bends us, it folds us up, and eventually, it tucks us right into the ground.” p. 323

Raises many good issues and actually gives an alternative hermeneutic. If you are still suffering from the stranglehold that inerrancy has on your reading, view, and perspective regarding the Bible, this book may be a good place to start or continue to engage.

What a refreshing book. Instead of being polemical, the authors approach the wide variety of Bible readers in a generous manner. A great read that will give you a wider insight into how we read the Bible together.

This book is a good late night before you go to bed/airplane read. Enough of all the bits for a kind-of-cop-book - not too deep but enough weird intersections of people with the main character being a scientist/psychic, go figure. No Pulitzer but it does mention Confederacy of Dunces.