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laurenparrott 's review for:
Portrait of a Thief
by Grace D. Li
I think I’ll probably always be a fan of a heist novel with a found family at the center of it all. And I know that I’ll always be a fan of a really sweet ending.
This book was deeply rooted in the importance of art history and the damage of colonialism, and it brought up real-life topics that focus on the ownership of art and who it all really belongs to - none of this being short of fascinating. And the fact that this is the author’s debut novel is kind of unreal.
The pacing of this story was off at points though, and the writing felt occasionally repetitive, but I still had a fun time.
There is also a chance that I sabotaged my reading experience myself, seeing as I put this book aside in the middle of reading it to reread a book I’ve read two times already. But who’s to say?
This book was deeply rooted in the importance of art history and the damage of colonialism, and it brought up real-life topics that focus on the ownership of art and who it all really belongs to - none of this being short of fascinating. And the fact that this is the author’s debut novel is kind of unreal.
The pacing of this story was off at points though, and the writing felt occasionally repetitive, but I still had a fun time.
There is also a chance that I sabotaged my reading experience myself, seeing as I put this book aside in the middle of reading it to reread a book I’ve read two times already. But who’s to say?