# The Core

**Author(s):** Peter V. Brett
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (1 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-core/verdict.json
**Genres:** fantasy, horror
**Pages:** 781
**Published:** Sun Jan 01 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780345531506
**ISBN-10:** 0345531507
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-core

## Series
- The Demon Cycle (#5)

## SageChimp reader verdict

The Core has only 1 unpaid published review on SageChimp (need 5). That is not enough to say whether the book is genuinely well-liked or amplified by paid/ARC/BookTok hype. Do not treat Amazon, Goodreads, or social scores as SageChimp evidence.

- **Status:** Not enough unpaid reviews (`insufficient_data`)
- **Paid-hype signal:** Cannot judge paid hype from this sample (`insufficient_data`)
- **Unpaid reviews:** 1 (avg 1.0/5)
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
- **Machine-readable:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-core/verdict.json

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## Community Reviews (showing 1 of 1)

### ★ (Untitled) — kristin
DNF.This series is a perfect illustration of why trilogies are so popular. Most storylines, even one as rich as the Demon Cycle books, can be wrapped up in three volumes. This one should have been. Oh, the cavalcade of characters I did not give one fig about. And the plot points that meant nothing. And pushing Arlen and Jardir to the periphery. I've rarely been so frustrated with a series ending. Thoroughly disappointed and a clear sign that when ideology trumps story, you've lost the plot.