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A review by iliyenzio
Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
It was okay. Honestly, my main issue was with the character development, which took a bit of a disappointing nosedive. Which sucks, because I was pretty excited for this book.
I had noticed in Foundryside and Shorefall that despite having a rather diverse collection of different characters (age, experiences, perspectives), all the character voices sound the same. It didn't bother me so much in the first two books, but it almost made me dnf the Locklands. How am I supposed to believe that Sancia, Berenice, and Co escaped and made their own country within the eight years since Shorefall? It's not the logistics that are strange to me but the fact that neither of them seem particularly changed since this experience and the upheaval of their world system. They should at least sound older or something. And the people around them who are younger and older just don't sound their age. It's like everyone's stuck in their teens and early twenties.
Characters aside, the world building, which was the one of the most interesting elements in this series took a bunch of wierd turns that I'm so glad were properly explored.
I had noticed in Foundryside and Shorefall that despite having a rather diverse collection of different characters (age, experiences, perspectives), all the character voices sound the same. It didn't bother me so much in the first two books, but it almost made me dnf the Locklands. How am I supposed to believe that Sancia, Berenice, and Co escaped and made their own country within the eight years since Shorefall? It's not the logistics that are strange to me but the fact that neither of them seem particularly changed since this experience and the upheaval of their world system. They should at least sound older or something. And the people around them who are younger and older just don't sound their age. It's like everyone's stuck in their teens and early twenties.
Characters aside, the world building, which was the one of the most interesting elements in this series took a bunch of wierd turns that I'm so glad were properly explored.