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Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett

12 reviews

aseel_reads's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

Same thoughts as the last book, easy to read, engaging world and plot, like the characters but wishing we got way more of their back stories, interactions, just more character time 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Gun violence, Torture, Body horror, Medical content, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Violence

briely's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Blood, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

nimeneth's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is a somewhat reluctant 4 stars? The middle portion of the book dragged and was highly technical with the world's magic, plus there were some very gory bits that I skimmed through. That said, holy shit the ending. I figured something was going to happen with Gregor but I was not expecting specifically that. I will be grabbing the next installment because I want to know what new hijinx Sancia and Berenice get up to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Torture, Murder, Violence, War, and Blood

Moderate: Colonisation, Grief, Slavery, and Genocide

laguerrelewis's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

I love it when a sequel goes above and beyond its predecessor. Shorefall raises the stakes so astronomically high, but manages to carry over all the best aspects you love from Foundryside—especially the characters that are the beating heart of this story. They've grown greatly since we last saw them, but they’ve all progressed naturally in incredibly satisfying ways. If you liked Foundryside, strap yourself in for a wild ride with Shorefall!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol and Slavery

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Trafficking, Genocide, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, War, Xenophobia, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, Vomit, Death, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Drug use

fi_reads_books's review

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, War, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Child death, Colonisation, and Car accident

Minor: Vomit

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, Child death, Torture, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Car accident

Minor: Rape, Slavery, and Domestic abuse

unboxedjack's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Medical trauma, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Classism

saltycoffee's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Torture, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

micheala's review against another edition

3.75

This sequel is tonally very different from Foundryside. It's much darker and gorier, and the stakes are much higher. 

While the first book was more of your typical heist novel with a cool magic system, this one is about a resurrected god and attempting to prevent his world domination. 

Foundryside had the ability to be read as a standalone, however this one, well let's just say I'm glad I waited for the finally to come out before I read it - if I had to wait for two years with that ending? No thanks

On a happier note, I loved seeing the casual relationship between Sancia and Ber that has clearly been developing in the three years since the first book ended. 

I'm interested to see how the final book concludes some of the plot points and character arcs. I'm also interested to see how long of a time jump will occur between books two and three - I hope only a short one, but from the blurb I suspect it will be a long time jump. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Rape