I really liked this! For one thing, I'm glad it wasn't a bunch of amateurs coming together and somehow perfectly pulling this shit off, which is what I was expecting as it started out. All of the characters were flawed in their own ways and it was nice to see them grow as things progressed. All of the Chinese art history was interesting and I liked immersing myself in these characters' lives that I would otherwise not experience. The author does have experience with a lot of the settings that were used in the book as well as the fields and it all felt very authentic to me even though these guys were also getting together to perform heists at the same time! Both outlandish but realistic at the same time.