A review by themoonwholistens
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

3.0

"For all people care about looting, it doesn't seem to matter when it's museums doing it."

it delivers the discussions you're probably picking this book up for. Such as that on being diaspora and of the stolen art in museums. But I just could not get over how unrealistic it all was haha. Not that every book needs to be realistic but it needs to be believable in the context of the story. I also could never get into to character dynamics but maybe that's on me and i should stop reading YA.

It's still a lot better than a lot of other YA i have read though and it did highlight the themes it wanted, which I really appreciated. Especially the Asian family dynamics, I will always relate to those.

— 3.0 —
⇢ content warnings//

⤜ pre-read review ⤛
hello hello hello it has a cover now <3

bringing attention to this book because heist + college students + asians is my type