A review by missless
The Core by Peter V. Brett

3.0

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.