runningonwords415 's review for:

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

3.0

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This had a quick start - a spontaneous heist in the Sackler museum brings together five misfits, all descendants of the Chinese diaspora. Tasked with the impossible heist of reclaiming art from the Old Summer Palace in five different museums all over the world, these college students live out the Ocean’s Eleven dream. The last twenty pages were unnecessary for me, and I found a lot of the narrative repetitive. The heists and drag races were exciting and unexpected, which made this book worthy to add to my collection of notable heist books.

Thank you Dutton for a finished copy in exchange for an honest review!