itsolivia 's review for:

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

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On premise alone, this is extremely my shit. Absolutely love hot geniuses with sexual tension doing an art heist rooted in anti-colonialism. But in terms of execution, things fell apart a bit for me. Nearly every page seemed to have a description of the light, the air, or how someone's skin was handling the light or the air. Sometimes all of the above. My brain can handle a lot, but I could only take so many instances of "washed in golden light." Like, at a certain point, I just assumed it was all golden light or moonlight or some combination of the two. It distracted me from what at its core, could have been a rich interweaving of action romp and identity examination. All of that aside, this will surely make an A+ miniseries (if casted with care) and I remain excited to see what Grace D. Li does next!