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A review by mariaoverbooked
Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett
3.0
A solid 3.5 stars for now, after sitting on this I might bump it up to four.
I’m slightly surprised to say that I was a little disappointed in this one. The last installment of the Foundryside series is much bigger, grander than the other two books. Our heroes are trying to save the fate of the known world and so the book felt darker, deeper, and more slow as the ending built. However, I missed the quippy, fast pacing of the first two books in the trilogy. I missed the twists and turns and heist-like action.
I also thought the previous books were funnier, wittier and I loved the character dynamics. The stakes were higher here, our characters older and jaded, and therefore I feel like the chemistry was missing a bit. The spark.
It felt tonally very different and although I understand why in reference to the plot line - I missed the old feeling which drew me in in the first place.
I did like learning more about Clefs history and how he is the key to everything (see what I did there?) I enjoyed how the flashbacks slowly uncovered the mysteries that we’ve been thinking about for three books now.
Overall I thought it wrapped up the ending well but I thought it read slowly, I missed some of the characterization, and it lacked the charm of the first two. However, it was a satisfying ending to the series and I’ve got Bennett’s other trilogy on my tbr.
I’m slightly surprised to say that I was a little disappointed in this one. The last installment of the Foundryside series is much bigger, grander than the other two books. Our heroes are trying to save the fate of the known world and so the book felt darker, deeper, and more slow as the ending built. However, I missed the quippy, fast pacing of the first two books in the trilogy. I missed the twists and turns and heist-like action.
I also thought the previous books were funnier, wittier and I loved the character dynamics. The stakes were higher here, our characters older and jaded, and therefore I feel like the chemistry was missing a bit. The spark.
It felt tonally very different and although I understand why in reference to the plot line - I missed the old feeling which drew me in in the first place.
I did like learning more about Clefs history and how he is the key to everything (see what I did there?) I enjoyed how the flashbacks slowly uncovered the mysteries that we’ve been thinking about for three books now.
Overall I thought it wrapped up the ending well but I thought it read slowly, I missed some of the characterization, and it lacked the charm of the first two. However, it was a satisfying ending to the series and I’ve got Bennett’s other trilogy on my tbr.