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

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Honestly I think the biggest thing this book suffers from is bad advertising. If I'm promised fast and the furious style heist, that is what I expect, and that's just not what I got. That isn't to say the book itself is bad, it's just when you go in expecting one thing and get almost it's opposite, it makes it difficult to enjoy the story. I do also feel the characters could have been fleshed out more. 

Really interesting premise with some fascinating things to say about colonialism and diaspora, just advertised so poorly. 
Expand filter menu Content Warnings