Reviews

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

laurel1985's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

cmarine38's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

alloftaysreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

kassimesserly's review

1.0

DNF @ 37%

It had a good start, but lost interest around the 120 page mark. Things got kind of confusing and I didn't quite understand what was going on, nor could I keep track of the characters. Might try again at a later time with a physical copy and read at a slower pace.

sapereaude's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

jackflan's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Slow to get into, and at times, I was not relating to or wnjoying being in our main characters head. But that was at the beginning. Once I pushed through, I found there was a nice story to be had. A cool world that felt pretty unique to other fantasy worlds I’ve read before. And the heist portion was fun, zoomed through that part. And low and behold, I reached the end, and now I want to continue to the next book.

beebidon's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Slavery, Trafficking, War, Child abuse, Child death, Medical trauma, Classism, Murder, Mental illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Police brutality, Torture, Sexism, Grief, Gore, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Dementia

Minor: Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

juliettexo's review against another edition

its not bad im just bored of it right now and i need something new

ill probably read it again at some point...

literarybitch's review

adventurous mysterious

2.0

This should have been right up my alley, but I don't know how one could make a story about someone who can Eliza Thornberry with inanimate objects so boring. A clever street thief! A saucy [spoiler-free object] sidekick! Fantasy mafia! A magic system that anthropomorphizes matter itself! How am I not charmed by this??

Unfortunately, I can't put my finger on why. I just, didn't care enough about the characters or the stakes. I've been putting off this review for about 2 weeks, and now I can barely remember what happened in the book: it's that forgettable. I even read in in print and audiobook at the same time and that didn't help. I was also laid up on the couch with a painful injury for a week, so maybe that's the problem but ugh 

4/10
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blueskadu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0