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sophieannalysa 's review for:
Portrait of a Thief
by Grace D. Li
I loved the first half of this book and while I still enjoyed the second it was a bit of a letdown- I was a huge fan of how each character’s relationship with their parents, heritage, and China affected their motivations, but I felt the end was a bit of a cop out for the heists I was expecting & looking forward to.
The plot and characters kept getting less and less believable, and the book suffers from that. Our software engineer is magically an expert hacker for everything that comes her way? The FBI dismisses them because of their connections? The siblings have no skills besides being charming and smart and that makes them amazing con artists and heist planners? One character stole something as a preteen and now he’s the professional thief for the group? Our street racer knows how to buy and repair a car in a foreign country well enough to win races?
I ADORE Ocean’s Eleven and loved the callbacks to the movie, but this didn’t quite hit it for me.
The plot and characters kept getting less and less believable, and the book suffers from that. Our software engineer is magically an expert hacker for everything that comes her way? The FBI dismisses them because of their connections? The siblings have no skills besides being charming and smart and that makes them amazing con artists and heist planners? One character stole something as a preteen and now he’s the professional thief for the group? Our street racer knows how to buy and repair a car in a foreign country well enough to win races?
I ADORE Ocean’s Eleven and loved the callbacks to the movie, but this didn’t quite hit it for me.