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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
I loved the book from the start. It could have been a bit shorter but Brett did great including every main character fighting till the end - which came quite sudden.
slow-paced
This series started out really strong for me. I love the first book, still do, and the second and third were good. Somewhere in the fourth this story lost me. I feel like someone else took over and just emptied the cast out and replaced them.
I think it may be a case of just going on too long. I couldn't relate to all the new characters at all and felt like the book was hasted through in some parts, while taking forever in others.
Overall a good series, just not well wrapped up.
I think it may be a case of just going on too long. I couldn't relate to all the new characters at all and felt like the book was hasted through in some parts, while taking forever in others.
Overall a good series, just not well wrapped up.
I read this for the "A Book With Bad Reviews" part of my 2018 reading challenge. I understand it's book 5 in the series and I haven't read the first 4, but every other time I read a book farther into a series it still spends a chapter explaining the characters and previous events. This one didn't, it just jumped right in and I had no idea who anyone was or what these "dama" and "shama" titles meant. I was confused the entire first half of the book, the plot condensed more in the second and made a little more sense, but not by much.
The conclusion of a wildly entertaining and cinematically crafted fantasy series that includes some of the best written fight scenes the genre offers. This reader's favorite of The Demon Cycle quintet remains the third novel, [b:The Daylight War|9268487|The Daylight War (Demon Cycle, #3)|Peter V. Brett|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1360777092s/9268487.jpg|14150105], for its rich exploration of the Middle Eastern-inspired culture of Krasia, and its focus on the series' truly standout character, Inevera, leader of Krasia's female-dominant power class -- but having enjoyed the series throughout its publication affords Brett's audience to appreciate and recognize his rapid growth as a writer. The Core brings the Cycle to a satisfying close, with a number of standout conflicts brought to boil, and fans will be sad to leave its setting. Those who enjoy the author's style and in-depth world-building can eagerly await whatever comes next.
I hated this book so much! It was infuriatingly slow, especially for the final book in a series. I finished it only because I'd read the previous books, but it was so disappointing. Too many points of view, too much politics compared to action, too much unnecessary violence. Just awful. I enjoyed the rest of the series, but man was this one rough!
Notes:
Well.
I wondered if I would like the story more if I read it. I already listened to the audio a few times and my impression was more negative than positive. Reading it did not make me enjoy the story more. It reinforced my first impressions.
The ending was hocus pocus. I'm sure some people will enjoy it. I thought it was forgettable.
Well.
I wondered if I would like the story more if I read it. I already listened to the audio a few times and my impression was more negative than positive. Reading it did not make me enjoy the story more. It reinforced my first impressions.
The ending was hocus pocus. I'm sure some people will enjoy it. I thought it was forgettable.
So sad this series is finished, but so satisfied in how it was completed. I loved this series, the characters and world Brett portrayed had me coming back for more.
These books are intense, with some dark scenes, but they are broken up with humour and tender moments between great characters. Strong female and male characters and a fantasy world that I will come back to again!
These books are intense, with some dark scenes, but they are broken up with humour and tender moments between great characters. Strong female and male characters and a fantasy world that I will come back to again!
Amazing series, good book until the end. It needed more finality at the end, less politics in the Miln parts. I feel like the characters I really enjoyed got less time than the ones that were less relevant. Abban's place in Hasik's care didn't change from the fourth book and we continue to get tiresome reminders of it through several chapters, but he did get a good final scene, while Briar has an incredible character build in the beginning of the book but is barely given an ending. The same goes for Arlen, Renna, Jardir and Shanvah. Brett could have made their conclusions much more tense, but they were lackluster. Still, it was an ending that had to happen, and it was interesting. The journey to the core was great too. I feel satisfied by the conclusions brought by including detailed accounts of the waning fights in all the cities, since we get to see how Arlen united the world. Sure the ending was lackluster, but the finality that Brett builds throughout the entire book doesn't make it feel as bad. Wouldn't have hurt to have added in those badass lightning moves that Arlen used in previous books (can't exactly remember when), just saying.
I just cried my fucking eyes out. >.<
... And again. >.
... And again. >.
I loved this series! I read all the books without stopping to digest each, so they're not really distinct books in my mind to review separately. I loved the different pov characters, it made for interesting reading, and they were all written really well. At this point I'm really in love with the world, and am super keen to read all the novellas to learn more about it.