A review by lcr16
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

To start with the positive, I enjoyed the diverse cast of characters and the romance between two of the women. The heist sections were fast paced and fun to read. That being said, I found the continued references to the color of the sky as a metaphor over used. There was a tendency to over-explain the character’s motivation and background to where it felt demeaning to a reader’s intelligence. The book has an odd shift in pace where it felt hard to get through the last third of the book because it felt so slow. The bones of this book has so much potential, I really wish I enjoyed it more.