Reviews - Foundryside | The StoryGraph

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Foundryside

Robert Jackson Bennett

4.17 AVERAGE

ange2003's review against another edition

4.0

4.5* rounded up.

sideark's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious tense 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

Be gay do crime

bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i found this book really engaging. the magic system was really inventive and has a logical consistency that i found really fascinating to explore. i’m not sure it captured me enough to be interested in reading the sequels however.

inthebrineydeep's review against another edition

The audiobook is so, so bad

heidz's review against another edition

3.0

This story has a very interesting magic system and I liked reading the 'science' behind the magic. I enjoyed seeing how the story unfolded and there were a few moments where I wasn't expecting the plot to be twisting like it did.

I think I would have enjoyed this more if I read the physical book instead of listen to the audiobook. I didn't like the narrator so it took away from the enjoyment. I think I may re-read this in the future when I get a physical copy of the book.

a_chickletz's review against another edition

3.0

On one hand, this book is not a bad book. There is something here for 'someone', I'm just not that someone that the book is looking for in regards to fandom.

On the other hand, it is a book that features a bunch of characters with no real depth or thing that make them interesting except the main character.

I mentioned in my reviews that the plot is wasted on them. They are interesting but they don't exactly lend to the plot or lend to one another. The action seems to roll right by them and they're just standing around. The more fascinating things happen with Vic.

The other reason I didn't seem to enjoy the book is none of the characters seemed to suffer any hardships or there was a time when they were against any odds. Everything seemed to really work out in favor of the plot and that bugged me.

While there is world building there is no depth to the world building, everything just seems very surface. It's baffling that I'm having a problem with this book. Since it reminds me a lot of something Brandon Sanderson would right.

I just don't think that I'm the right fan of this book and that is perfectly fine! However the book does have some faults and that's why I knocked it down two stars.