lavenderlazarus 's review for:

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

2.0

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I wanted to like this book. It started off promising, I liked the premise but it quickly lost believability. The pacing felt off too and the heists themselves weren't very exciting, which is what you want from a book about thieves and stealing. There was a lot of repetition and so many scenes were glossed over. About halfway into the book, I couldn't wait for it to get over and then near the end, I just started skipping sections because I did not like the ending which felt more contrived than the plot up to that point.