I've finished: Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
Foundryside is a cyberpunk technothriller transformed onto a fantasy setting.
It has Robert Jackson Bennett's hallmarks, a few capable but scarred individuals team up to try and make thins better in a corrupt and unjust world.
The problem is that this novel is aimed at a YA audience, things are simplified to a cringe inducing level. There is no subtlety and the bad-guys are cartoon level villains.
Arriving at Foundryside after reading Robert Jackson Bennett's excellent Leviathan and Divine Cities books is a bit of a letdown.
The concept is good, it is still RJB, but simplified to a lower level than necessary even for a younger audience.
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