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kathleenww 's review for:
Portrait of a Thief
by Grace D. Li
3.5 stars
This was ok. It has some great moments.
Lots of repetitive descriptive words like jaw, carve, cheekbone…and way too many descriptions of the moon!
I really was bored by their relationships. This aspect of this novel felt forced and not a natural expansion of these characters. Also, way too much direct talk of the “diaspora” which made it feel silly instead of serious.
This was not a very long book, but by the last 5 chapters, I was saying “Is this it—finally?” And it wasn’t.
Some of this book was thought provoking, but the author did not make me care about the characters at all. They may as well have been interchangeable since it felt like they all shared the same brain. Chapters are headed with the character’s name it’s about, and I found myself rolling my eyes when I was trying to finish this! I think she just tried to do too much and also ran into troubles with overly descriptive writing.
This was ok. It has some great moments.
Lots of repetitive descriptive words like jaw, carve, cheekbone…and way too many descriptions of the moon!
I really was bored by their relationships. This aspect of this novel felt forced and not a natural expansion of these characters. Also, way too much direct talk of the “diaspora” which made it feel silly instead of serious.
This was not a very long book, but by the last 5 chapters, I was saying “Is this it—finally?” And it wasn’t.
Some of this book was thought provoking, but the author did not make me care about the characters at all. They may as well have been interchangeable since it felt like they all shared the same brain. Chapters are headed with the character’s name it’s about, and I found myself rolling my eyes when I was trying to finish this! I think she just tried to do too much and also ran into troubles with overly descriptive writing.