Reviews - Foundryside | The StoryGraph

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Foundryside

Robert Jackson Bennett

4.17 AVERAGE

flaming99's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging tense fast-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

tegs11's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous 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

cmjohnson's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional 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: Yes

i really enjoyed this book, it has a very unique spin on how magic works in this world and it was really interesting to read. the mc is fun and i instantly wanted to root for her. a unique and fun premise and a very easy read (as in easy to get lost in it)

namla's review against another edition

3.5

It was ok. Idk if I'm gonna continue the series

chuuper's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious 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: Complicated

abbeymaeriereads's review against another edition

4.0

This is a wild ride with one of the most unique magic systems I’ve ever read. It did feel like most of this book was world building and setting up for the larger plot of the series, but all of that really paid off in the last 100 pages or so. I can’t wait to see how the story progresses from here.

I really enjoyed the humor and banter between the characters in this book, which I was not really expecting. However, I do think that the heavy focus on world building and explaining the magic system and history overpowered the character development, so I didn’t really feel like they gained much-needed depth until close to the end. Also, I felt like the author overused exclamation marks, which made some of the dialogue a bit juvenile, which is a personal pet peeve.

Despite my small complaints, this was a very good book and sets up an incredibly interesting plot for the rest of the trilogy!