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A review by i_island
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
I was initially thinking that I would give this book one star, but that’s honestly very hard for me to do and it redeemed itself a lot at the end.
I found the ending to be a very interesting and satisfying conclusion to an otherwise—at best—mediocre book.
The characters blended together too much to be seen as separate and, in the end, the heists themselves seemed to get both too much and too little attention.
It’s not the worst thing in existence (so far that title still belongs to lord of the flies), but its not good in any stretch of the word.
I found the ending to be a very interesting and satisfying conclusion to an otherwise—at best—mediocre book.
The characters blended together too much to be seen as separate and, in the end, the heists themselves seemed to get both too much and too little attention.
It’s not the worst thing in existence (so far that title still belongs to lord of the flies), but its not good in any stretch of the word.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cultural appropriation and Colonisation