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A review by librarylemming
The Core by Peter V. Brett
4.0
I have FINALLY FINISHED this series. It's been a wild (and long...very very long) ride, but I did it!
Unfortunately, the conclusion felt a bit...anticlimactic. Not sure if it was because of trying to catch the trails of all the various characters in the Massive Battle Sequence, or just that the build up of going to the Core and all the prophecies just could never possibly be matched...but I just feel like Brett killed off all the Dramatic characters that made an emotional impact in the fourth book. The deaths (whilst there are a lot of deaths in this book, there aren't many protaganist deaths) and even the Big One #spoiler was so quick in passing you weren't sure it was a death or they just haven't revealed themselves again. Given the length of the book, I felt like the ones we really cared about could have used a little more love and attention for us to really feel the loss - although an argument can be made that 'that's war baby'.
Also...I still don't really see how Abban 'changed the flow of the tide' in regards to the war (prophecy prophecy prophecy) unless it was mainly a roundabout way of saying "get Abban because in the process you need to take down Hasik and that's the main purpose, not Abban himself".
Anyways, I really enjoyed this series, but I'm also glad it's over. I'm gonna miss some of these characters, however I definitely enjoyed the pace and narrative of the earlier books before it just descended into battle sequence after battle sequence (which i'm not saying is a bad thing - it was always headed that ways given the whole premise of the book). I just felt like even in the battle sequences, you lost the emotional connection to the action - there was no gripping the pages like the original battles in the Hollow or the feelings you got when people finally took action for themselves. I think it just descended into a little chaos, which I understand and appreciate, I'm just not a huge fan of.
I think Brett did a great job with this series, but I'm definitely excited to move on with something different now that my mind can be clear of all those narrative threads!
Unfortunately, the conclusion felt a bit...anticlimactic. Not sure if it was because of trying to catch the trails of all the various characters in the Massive Battle Sequence, or just that the build up of going to the Core and all the prophecies just could never possibly be matched...but I just feel like Brett killed off all the Dramatic characters that made an emotional impact in the fourth book. The deaths (whilst there are a lot of deaths in this book, there aren't many protaganist deaths) and even the Big One #spoiler was so quick in passing you weren't sure it was a death or they just haven't revealed themselves again. Given the length of the book, I felt like the ones we really cared about could have used a little more love and attention for us to really feel the loss - although an argument can be made that 'that's war baby'.
Also...I still don't really see how Abban 'changed the flow of the tide' in regards to the war (prophecy prophecy prophecy) unless it was mainly a roundabout way of saying "get Abban because in the process you need to take down Hasik and that's the main purpose, not Abban himself".
Anyways, I really enjoyed this series, but I'm also glad it's over. I'm gonna miss some of these characters, however I definitely enjoyed the pace and narrative of the earlier books before it just descended into battle sequence after battle sequence (which i'm not saying is a bad thing - it was always headed that ways given the whole premise of the book). I just felt like even in the battle sequences, you lost the emotional connection to the action - there was no gripping the pages like the original battles in the Hollow or the feelings you got when people finally took action for themselves. I think it just descended into a little chaos, which I understand and appreciate, I'm just not a huge fan of.
I think Brett did a great job with this series, but I'm definitely excited to move on with something different now that my mind can be clear of all those narrative threads!