issytriestoread 's review for:

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

3.0

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interesting frame for considering experiences of those in Asian diaspora, liked interwoven discussion of generational effects of colonialism, racism etc. but pacing was not great, book was too long and tangential (in places), and character voices were often not distinguishable - lending to a sense that none were really fully fleshed out