Reviews

The Core by Peter V. Brett

shaxx's review against another edition

4.0

Tak. A je to za mnou. Víte, to samé jsem si mohla říct poté, co jsem dočetla trojku, vzhledem k tomu, že Démonský cyklus měl být trilogie, ehm ehm. Vzhledem k tomu, že je Brett pravděpodobně grafoman, není se čemu divit, že tahle série dostala ještě další dvě knihy (a pár povídek stranou). Cítím se nezvykle rozpačitě. Čekala jsem, že poslední díl bude plný akce, údernosti, překvapení, zvratů... Ale on celkem líně plyne. Přiznávám, posledních deset stran mě chytlo ..prostě konec, četla jsem skoro bez dechu.
A... dávám čtyři hvězdičky, protože mi prostě celou knihu to NĚCO chybělo, co bylo přítomno v předchozích dílech..
A jedna věc mě vytáčela do varu. Paní překladatelka používá jedno sloveso, které není moc běžné v klasické hovorové češtině, ani v té psané. A když tohle sloveso čtete už po několikáté, začíná to být celkem opruz - zvlášť, když existuje dostatek vhodných synonym, kterými by šlo toto sloveso nahradit. Schválně, nebudu prozrazovat o jaké sloveso jde. A vy, moji knižní přátelé, až dočtete Jádro, zkuste si tipnout, o jaké sloveso jde a napsat mi to :)
Jinak.. Velmi nutně potřebuji, aby Brett napsal něco dalšího a to co nejdřív! :D

Moje recenze na Fantasyi: http://fantasya.cz/clanek/za-koncem-serie-do-hlubin-nejtemnejsiho-jadra

cn_scott's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

4.0

tavisq's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

page_karla's review against another edition

4.0

What an end to the series! I was devastated that some characters had to sacrifice their lives for the greater good, but that is how heroes are made, right? Die, so that others may live. I kind of think that it was too abrupt an ending, though, like all of a sudden when all the demons died, all human conflicts resolved in an instant. I would have wanted a more solid ending. And I wished they would have emphasized Abban's prowess against the mind demons more, hope it showed itself early on in the story. Ah, a lot of characters I wish they would have developed more like Briar, the Warded Children, even the relationship of Amanvah , Ashia and Silkvah, how did they resolve their issues in the damating palace? So many questions. Still, I thoroughly enjoyed this series.

charlie583's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

lanica's review against another edition

5.0

Final chapter (maybe?) in this series. I loved this series from beginning to end. There were a lot of characters and storylines, but they remained mostly clear in my head. I want to reread the entire series without the loss of momentum that I felt while waiting for each book to be released. I think I would love this series even more if I could read it all in order as a single story. Loved it!


This individual books did its job tying everything up. There were a few places that were too glossed over - perhaps leaving room for more books? And a couple areas I don’t think were as well planned as I would have liked, but overall I feel good about this book and the end of Arlen’s and Jahdir’s story.


School librarian review: Not for kids.

najomo's review against another edition

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.

cornosaurus's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

fridge4's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

bramboomen's review against another edition

2.0

I kind of forgot about this series when I saw the release of The Core, but I remembered to have liked the previous books a lot. This one dissapointed though. The Demon Cycle was like a hollywood film series, a lot of action and flash and not much else, which is perfectly fine and they sometimes are just a lot of fun. But they do need an identifying feature, for this series it was a kind of fresh look on the fantasy genre. Only, when that is the only thing setting the book apart, it needs momentum to surprise the reader with increasingly cool flashy ideas and Brett succeeded in doing this right until the previous book. This last one was a proper ending to the series, there was just no "newness", which was the main thing I enjoyed in the series.

Also, the slang that Arlen and Renna utter "Ent this, Ent that..." REALLY started to bug me to the point that I shouted at my book for them to start talking normally.