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A review by riyriareads
The Core by Peter V. Brett
4.0
*Actual rating 3.5
This series is so hard for me to review, because while I am constantly intrigued by the magic system and the demons, the execution is often painful. Yet again, scenes and details were added to the story that were completely unnecessary and made the book seem tedious. But while the first 600 pages or so of this book are slow, the last 200 pages almost gave me whiplash. So much happened in so few pages. One character who was relatively important to the plot of the later books in this series dies in an extremely abrupt manner that we don't even directly witness within the descriptions and then the death is discussed by maybe one character the rest of the book. This series has so much potential, but I am not certain that the execution lives up to the premise.
This series is so hard for me to review, because while I am constantly intrigued by the magic system and the demons, the execution is often painful. Yet again, scenes and details were added to the story that were completely unnecessary and made the book seem tedious. But while the first 600 pages or so of this book are slow, the last 200 pages almost gave me whiplash. So much happened in so few pages. One character who was relatively important to the plot of the later books in this series dies in an extremely abrupt manner that we don't even directly witness within the descriptions and then the death is discussed by maybe one character the rest of the book. This series has so much potential, but I am not certain that the execution lives up to the premise.