A review by micheala
Foundryside, by Robert Jackson Bennett
4.0
This was technically a reread for me. I originally read this back in December of 2018, and we'll I remembered the overarching story for the first 75% I did not remember anything about the climax and conclusion of this book.
I still don't really understand how the magic system works, and for most of the book I didn't feel confident saying that the author understood it either - kinda like if technology was treated as a soft magic system. As someone who prefers hard magic systems, I'm hoping that things get more fleshed out in the next book.
I think the characters are what really shine in this book (don't get me wrong, the plot is well done and yet what I remembered most from my original read was the characters). I loved some characters from their introduction, hated others, and had some grow on me (or free to hate others as the story progressed) and I can't wait to see what happens with certain relationships as the trilogy continues.
The final book come out at the end of the month and so I'm planning on picking up the sequel before then so I can read it as soon as I get my hands on it.
CW: slavery, sexual abuse of minors (mentioned but not graphic), gory, violence, murder, discussions/depictions of treating poor people as disposable/sub-human
I still don't really understand how the magic system works, and for most of the book I didn't feel confident saying that the author understood it either - kinda like if technology was treated as a soft magic system. As someone who prefers hard magic systems, I'm hoping that things get more fleshed out in the next book.
I think the characters are what really shine in this book (don't get me wrong, the plot is well done and yet what I remembered most from my original read was the characters). I loved some characters from their introduction, hated others, and had some grow on me (or free to hate others as the story progressed) and I can't wait to see what happens with certain relationships as the trilogy continues.
The final book come out at the end of the month and so I'm planning on picking up the sequel before then so I can read it as soon as I get my hands on it.
CW: slavery, sexual abuse of minors (mentioned but not graphic), gory, violence, murder, discussions/depictions of treating poor people as disposable/sub-human
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism, Death, Gore, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Murder, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Misogyny, Trafficking, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse