I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed.

Foundryside has been sitting close to the top of my TBR for a long time now. I mean, fantasy heists and found family? Those are my favorite tropes, and the sheer amount of five-star reviews made me super excited for it.
There were parts of this book I liked: namely Clef, the ways the characters abused the magic system, and the scenes from 70-80% through the book.
However, I couldn't get into the story as a whole. At about 63%, I seriously debated DNFing. I didn't care for the characters and I honestly had no desire to see the book through to the ending. I contemplated putting it aside and restarting sometime again, but the thought of rereading the first 60% made me want to stop even more. I told myself to tough it out until 70%, and I'm glad I did because otherwise, the rating would've been much lower.
Maybe one day I'll reread it and have a new respect for it, but as of right now, I seem to be in the minority that didn't really enjoy the book.
Actual Rating: 2.75/5 stars

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the free e-book.