Sandworms of Dune by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Sandworms of Dune
Book Review: Well at least it's over.
Summary: 1 Stars
Well at least it's over. These last 2 books in the Dune saga are dreadful and Sandworms of Dune is just the crusty green icing oon the top. The only reason to buy these books is fort the sense of conclusion they bring to the saga, though tbh you'd be better off just getting the summary off wikipedidia and saving your money.Book Review: Could have been better, but at least it's over now
Summary: 2 Stars
The original Dune books were full of intrigue and scheming as the various factions attempted to manipulate and deceive each other, with layers of nuance and meaning depending on particular choices of words or carefully controlled body language. You certainly always felt that the protagonists were a lot smarter than you, and a lot more switched on. Unfortunately, some time in the last few years, a terrible plague swept through the Dune universe, reducing everyone's ability to understand things that aren't made blindingly obvious to that of your average 21st century 14 year old.
The result is not a total disaster, but on the other hand, if my idea of top quality entertainment was shouting out "it's behind you" I'd go to the local panto.
Let's face it, anyone who's come this far in the series is going to buy this to find out what happens, and in that respect the book finally ties up all the big loose ends that were left hanging at the end of Chapterhouse. Whether or not you'll be left thinking that the resolution is a satisfactory (or even believeable) one is another matter. Too many characters and factions suddenly change the ingrained behaviour of a lifetime within the last few chapters, while others simply conform to irrational stereotypes, and a number of the key people from the last novel turn out to be essentially pointless fluff. To be honest, by the end I was hoping that Omnius would finally win just to have done with it.
Having said all that, I'm glad they wrote it, because it does finally bring some closure to the storyline after all these years. Kudos to the authors for even attempting it.
Book Review: The glass is half empty
Summary: 2 Stars
Not sure where to begin on this.
BH and KJA attempt to follow in very big footsteps and unfortunately are unable to live up to the standard set by FH. All of their Dune novels seem to read more like books that are adapted from films. While good writers in their own right, for me they failed in their attempts.
The book itself is only worth reading to find out how it all ends. But at the end of it I was left with tremendus doubts if this was truely FH's design for the end of the Dune Saga.
Book Review: I really like it!
Summary: 5 Stars
...as I like all of the Herbert & Anderson Dune spin-offs.
Sure, these books are not in the same league as the original Dune books, but then again - I do not think they are meant to be that either.
It would be nice if reviewers judge books for what the books are, not what the reviewer wishes that they were.
Book Review: Childish writing for a memory and reasoning-impaired audience
Summary: 1 Stars
This book is not worth your time. At least not unless you (a) prefer a plot-driven, unplausible story with an adolescent's fervor for unnecessary cruelty and violence and (b) don't care much about the vision, ideas, and depth originally put forth in the magnificent series by Frank Herbert.
Kevin J. Anderson is one of the most productive "authors" out there, and it shows. The book is full of repetition and inconsistencies (both with the original works and common sense) that could have been avoided with a serious editing process. The "grand" final is the biggest disappointment. A series of dei ex machina destroys any hope of a meaningful closing to the most successful science-fiction series of all times.