While I originally considered the book to be no more than mediocre, many of the images stuck with me so vividly that I want to revisit them and place them into context. I first read The Foundling four months ago, and writing this review has almost convinced me to read it again. There’s a lengthy travelogue section that’s reminiscent of China Miéville, the current master of socially-conscious steampunk.Ī great book, though, is more than the sum of its parts. His craft is not fully developed, but is still well done. Children won’t care about the book’s clichés, while writers will appreciate the way Cornish refashions Victorian archetypes with subtle fantasy touches. Writers and children will love this book. Our poor orphan is robbed of his innocence by a parade of seedy characters, and upstanding members of society are quickly juxtaposed with the grifters in the underbelly. Cornish’s novel The Foundling-the first book in his "Monster Blood Tattoo" trilogy-is structured as a Dickens-esque slice-of-life novel. Still, he is about to have greatness thrust upon him.ĭ. Kids pick on him, potential employers pass him over, and all but a few of his caretakers would just as soon he simply vanished. He's scrawny and curious in a world where neither is desirable. Orphaned and odd, he just can’t catch a break.
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