City of Thieves -- Take 2

I loved this book. The story was compelling, and I couldn't put it down. It's the best book I have read in a long time. Things I liked:

- The premise for the story was simple, but the adventures were fantastic;
- The writing was simple, but also clean and precise. Easy to read without seeming too dumbed-down or juvenile;
- The sense of humanity that seeps out of the words. Despite all the death and destruction that surrounds the characters, the book is not at all depressing because it shows that people can still be good in the midst of it all.