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A review by najomo
The Core by Peter V. Brett
3.0
Why is it so hard for these authors who write otherwise amazing stories and build incredible worlds to stick the landing? Lightbringer, Mistborn Era 2 and this series have stuck with me, not for being bad, but for being great and then disappointing me in the final run-in. Amazing, unique characters and worlds let down in the last half of the last book with lackluster endings that scream out that the author didn't know where they were going and threw together something to meet a deadline or try to wrap up all the remaining plot points and questions in neat package; even though the beauty of their books is often that the stories are a bit grimy and don't have neat, tidy characters and motivations that can be explained with a simple 'and they all lived happily ever after'. Now this isn't quite as egregious as the literal deus ex machina of Weeks, or the 'look, it's the cosmere, aren't I clever?' of Sanderson but it's still a bit of a letdown after five books and many years of exciting tension and character growth.