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Politically topical and relevant but did it stray from what the first novel set up?

A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

June 4, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I feel like I am the odd one out because I didn’t like this one as much as the previous one. Not sure if I had certain expectations for this novel and the fact that Bennett took a different approach colored my reaction or if it was something else entirely. It’s also why it’s taken me 2 months to even want to try to tackle this review. I wonder how much this is the novel he had originally intended to write when he started his […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Ana and Din, fantasy mystery, Robert Jackson Bennett, Shadow of the Leviathan, sherlockian

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:63 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Ana and Din, fantasy mystery, Robert Jackson Bennett, Shadow of the Leviathan, sherlockian ·
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Corruption and Colonization (And Kaiju)

A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

April 14, 2025 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Yes, Robert Jackson Bennett is back! I am an unabashed fan of most of his writing, and was massively impressed when I first read The Tainted Cup, about a year ago. It was delightfully weird and just a little bit creepy; a Holmes and Watson style investigation in a Roman-style setting, topped off with some mycology-based body horror. In The Tainted Cup, the greatest threat the Empire of Khanum faced was not just the murders, but the Leviathans—kaiju-like creatures that emerge from the sea to wreak […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, autocracy, Kaiju, Murder Fantastical, Mushroom Mushroom, mystery, Robert Jackson Bennett, Shadow of the Leviathan, Sherlock and Watson, Slavery

LittlePlat's CBR17 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, autocracy, Kaiju, Murder Fantastical, Mushroom Mushroom, mystery, Robert Jackson Bennett, Shadow of the Leviathan, Sherlock and Watson, Slavery ·
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Murder, Mystery and Mycology

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

May 27, 2024 by LittlePlat 2 Comments

Wow. Not only is today a public holiday, but we’re also facing temperatures in Houston that would melt us faster than the Wicked Witch of the West. So of course this makes it an excellent kind of day to try and catch up with my sorely neglected reviews. I love most of Robert Jackson Bennett’s writing, but I had no idea what he was going to get up to after finishing The Founders Trilogy. Or when he was going to release anything after The Founders […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Kaiju, Murder Fantastical, Mushroom Mushroom, mystery, Robert Jackson Bennett, Shadow of the Leviathan, Sherlock and Watson

LittlePlat's CBR16 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Kaiju, Murder Fantastical, Mushroom Mushroom, mystery, Robert Jackson Bennett, Shadow of the Leviathan, Sherlock and Watson ·
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