Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

65 reviews

keelirae113's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Grief, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

lanid's review against another edition

reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Colonisation, Racism, and Xenophobia

hannah_steven's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Racism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Grief and Xenophobia

Minor: War

jtpgdavey's review against another edition

informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Colonisation

Moderate: War

Minor: Racism

thealmightykatt's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Colonisation and Terminal illness

emilo's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Colonisation

annoyingtwig's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

objectively, this book does not warrant a 5 star rating. the writing style got pretty repetitive after about 2/3 of the book, the characters voices didn’t feel really distinct from one another, and most of the messages were very heavy handed. if i were being objective, i’d probably give this 3.5/5

however, i am not an objective rater. sometimes (most of the time) i rate on vibe. and i’ll be damned if these vibes did not go so hard. despite all my critiques listed i had so much fun reading this book. and the CLIMAX!!! yeah no 5 stars immediately. so excited for the netflix show. i <3 irene chen 🤗 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Xenophobia

lia_argo's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Xenophobia, and Racism

literaryinluv's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

okay, so for me, the siblings were the least interesting of the bunch, and for a good chunk, i felt like i didn't know anything about lily. alex and daniel were the most interesting characters. i heard there was an enemies-to-lovers-esque sapphic romance in the book, and i was excited about that, but it felt so... flat? the reason behind being "enemies" wasn't that interesting either. i agree with the characters, art should definitely be returned to the countries they originated from, but their reasoning gets a bit repetitive for me sometimes bc it feels like they keep feeling the need to justify the heist. however, I literally gasped when

daniel's dad found out

, so that's something.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Racism

kassidyreads's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Racism, Colonisation, and Death of parent