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A review by verkisto
Barren by Peter V. Brett
4.0
I didn't think much of Messenger's Legacy, the last novella in the Demon Cycle, but I'll admit that reading it out of order probably affected that feeling. I read Barren the same week it was released, only a few weeks after I had finished The Core, so I was in the right place and the right time to read it. I also found the story to be much more interesting and fulfilling than any of the other novellas.
Barren is more about character building than world building, which could be a big part of what I like about it. It also brings diversity to the world of Thesa, though the way Brett has written it so far, it's not a surprise. It's just the first time (I think) that he's made it explicit. I also liked that it didn't end with all the questions answered, and that it didn't end with the feeling that those questions needed to be answered.
Barren is more about character building than world building, which could be a big part of what I like about it. It also brings diversity to the world of Thesa, though the way Brett has written it so far, it's not a surprise. It's just the first time (I think) that he's made it explicit. I also liked that it didn't end with all the questions answered, and that it didn't end with the feeling that those questions needed to be answered.