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A review by nakaawang
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
3.0
i don't personally relate to the diaspora. i'm a full-blooded filipino who lives in the philippines. but the conversations about colonization, about the europeans and the western conquerors claiming pieces of a culture that isn't theirs, i relate to that.
the heist itself was amazing. truly. but strangely enough, and against my expectations when i first went into this book, i found myself absolutely engrossed in the characters. i'm not obsessed with them the way i usually am with other books i've loved, but they're more like museum paintings i personally identify with and find enthralling, but i won't be proclaiming my love for them to the world. they'll remain in my head, i'll always be thinking about them and how wonderfully written and developed they were. (NOTE: i absolutely ADORED alex and irene's dynamic. the CHEMISTRY?? the etl realness??? they're amazing).
overall, this was SO so good. portrait of a thief's the only 2022 book that i was looking forward to last year. the cover hooked me and the plot never let me go. i'm so happy to find that i was not disappointed, at all :))
grace d. li, ily queen.
the heist itself was amazing. truly. but strangely enough, and against my expectations when i first went into this book, i found myself absolutely engrossed in the characters. i'm not obsessed with them the way i usually am with other books i've loved, but they're more like museum paintings i personally identify with and find enthralling, but i won't be proclaiming my love for them to the world. they'll remain in my head, i'll always be thinking about them and how wonderfully written and developed they were. (NOTE: i absolutely ADORED alex and irene's dynamic. the CHEMISTRY?? the etl realness??? they're amazing).
overall, this was SO so good. portrait of a thief's the only 2022 book that i was looking forward to last year. the cover hooked me and the plot never let me go. i'm so happy to find that i was not disappointed, at all :))
grace d. li, ily queen.