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A review by allbookedup_
Gypsy Boy by Mikey Walsh
3.0
This book is about Mikey a gypsy boy living with a father who wants him to be a boxer and bare knuckle fights, to be tough like all the other boys around him. Mikey, however, doesn’t live up to this fathers expectations and this more of a coming to age and life realizations for himself than a book about the gypsy culture. This does not mean that you still don’t get a vivid picture of what is going on in the culture during this time because you do and he does a really great job of painting a picture of exactly what is happening in his life at this time.
I really enjoyed the book, though my three stars may not reflect that. The only reason that I gave it three stars was I thought there was a lot shoveled in during the last part of the book. I thought that there could have been a little bit more added, like the rest of the book, to continue to paint that picture.
This book was really good though and I think if you do have an interest in the gypsy life this does give you a little “insider information” to the culture and lifestyle of this group of people.
I really enjoyed the book, though my three stars may not reflect that. The only reason that I gave it three stars was I thought there was a lot shoveled in during the last part of the book. I thought that there could have been a little bit more added, like the rest of the book, to continue to paint that picture.
This book was really good though and I think if you do have an interest in the gypsy life this does give you a little “insider information” to the culture and lifestyle of this group of people.