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Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

4 reviews

aseel_reads's review

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.25

Super fun fantasy novel, big fan of the Italian inspired setting! I liked the characters a lot and I'm excited to see the magic system unfold here 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, War, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, War, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Xenophobia, Confinement, Excrement, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Torture, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Slavery, Stalking, Suicide, Trafficking, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Alcohol, and Rape

lanid's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Blood, Body shaming, Classism, Sexual assault, Violence, Confinement, Death, and Body horror

braiths_book_thoughts's review

adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I feel a little unfair rating this book since for the majority of it I was really ill, so I think the negatives I found with it were due to that? But nevertheless! Here we are. 

Except for a chunk in the middle which I found boring, I really really enjoyed this book.

It gave me very first-born vibes in terms of story line and the personality of the MC but as I thoroughly enjoyed the Mistborn trilogy, I enjoyed this one too!

I didn't have a deep connection with the characters, I found I just didn't really care about them that much.

What I absolutely loved though was the world. The Magic system was amazing, I was completely enthralled by it. It felt like something I hadn't read before. 

This book has

- A heist
- The start of a sapphic romance (and what I loved about this, is that it was completely natural. It was approached by the author as if it was a hetero romance (and by that I mean, there was no sexual questioning, there was no hint that it was wrong. It was just oh yes. Here is the love interest. Like hetero romances do.) And none of the characters were disgusted by it or it was made to be a secret or shocked that two women wanted to he with each other. 

It was SO refreshing to read a story like that. I haven't since Priory of the Orange Tree. 
- cyberpunk epic fantasy
- Badass women
- funny moments
- diverse characters (the two main characters are black)


I just overall enjoyed this book and IMMEDIATELY bought the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Gun violence