The Core
- 880
- Pages
- about 16 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Core” is the fifth and final “Demon Cycle” novel, an ending on an epic scale. Some readers call it their favourite of the series and praise the strong finish, even though one recurring element of these books put them off. Others are disappointed, finding nearly nine hundred pages of action and spectacle and little beyond that. Either way it presumes the four volumes before it.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
Prepare for the final descent into darkness. Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Peter V. Brett brings one of the most imaginative fantasy sagas of the twenty-first century to an epic close.
Reading order · The Demon Cycle
Full order & progress →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 223 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 60% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.5 | 12 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 211 | 95% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Core?
It has 880 pages — longer than 89% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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