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raeswainpage 's review for:
Foundryside
by Robert Jackson Bennett
4.25! Overall, I really enjoyed this book. The magic system was creative and interesting, and the story was a good balance of comedy and dark events. I found myself laughing out loud to much of this book. Be warned though, it is an adult book!
I don't know if this was because of the audiobook, but there were some parts that were difficult to follow and almost too fast-paced. I found that I had to keep on rewinding because I missed something important or the volume was so low at parts that I couldn't understand what was being said even with the volume turned up.
And one more thing. I didn't mind the human experimentation parts of the plot, but I'm just a little tired of slave narratives for the characters of color in fantasy. I love that the cast was wonderfully diverse in many ways, but with the main character being black/brown skinned the slave narrative just rubbed me the wrong way. The PTSD rep for Sancia as far as the human experimentation goes was very well done.
Otherwise a very enjoyable and interesting read. Still one of my favorites of the year so far. I look forward to the next installment!
I don't know if this was because of the audiobook, but there were some parts that were difficult to follow and almost too fast-paced. I found that I had to keep on rewinding because I missed something important or the volume was so low at parts that I couldn't understand what was being said even with the volume turned up.
And one more thing. I didn't mind the human experimentation parts of the plot, but I'm just a little tired of slave narratives for the characters of color in fantasy. I love that the cast was wonderfully diverse in many ways, but with the main character being black/brown skinned the slave narrative just rubbed me the wrong way. The PTSD rep for Sancia as far as the human experimentation goes was very well done.
Otherwise a very enjoyable and interesting read. Still one of my favorites of the year so far. I look forward to the next installment!