# Theo of Golden

by Allen Levi (2023)

**Verdict:** Forced on friends — You didn't recommend it. You made sure they read it.

**Who I'd hand it to:** Everyone in the world

_ebook · finished 2026-08-15_

## Fingerprint

Positions between two named poles. Neither pole is the good end.

- Place: far toward "the place is the book"
- Moral weight: far toward "pressing a case"
- Cleverness: far toward "told straight"
- Lift: far toward "left me heavier"
- Friction: far toward "reads itself"

## How it read

How much I wanted to keep reading, at each stage.

- Beginning: couldn’t stop
- Middle: couldn’t stop
- End: couldn’t stop
- Afterwards: rose (better in retrospect)

## Review

I loved this book. It restores your faith in humanity. Allan Levi does a bang up job telling a story that matters. My disappointment in this book was that it ended. I wanted more. Theo is the person that we all want to become.

There so many parts of this book where I was like, this should be a book club for Young Life leaders.

I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

Tags: artists, feel good, small town

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