Sandworms of Dune by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Sandworms of Dune
Book Review: Goodbye Dune!
Summary: 5 Stars
The last of the chronicles is bittersweet -- wish there were more coming. What can you say about a final chapter that comes from the man's notes?Book Review: Great End to the Series
Summary: 5 Stars
This book and series is much, much better than almost all the later Frank Herbert DUNE novels. It's a great conclusion to the story - exciting, intelligent and moving. The people who are only giving it one or two stars are out of their minds!Book Review: Great ending for a fabulous series!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have read the Dune series since the 70' and was delighted when Frank Herberts son Brian took over after he passed on. Every one of the books was great; and this last one gave it a very satifying ending. Loved it!Book Review: Great read. A page turner.
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been a Dune fan for longer than I care to admit. It's good to see the story finally come to a climax. There are huge expectations for something like this. I'm not a book critic. All I can say is that I very much enjoyed reading this book. It went too fast.Book Review: I actually liked it.
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't know what the rest of you were expecting.
But, I think they did pretty well with this Sandworms of Dune book as a capstone to the series.
The other books were about character development and plots within plots, especially the Father's books. This Sandworms of Dune was about character fulfillment, and in that respect, it worked really well. Now Dune has a proper ending.
Yes, I will agree that the Son and Kevin Anderson aren't anywhere near as good at character development and plots within plots as the Father was, although I was quite pleased with the House Series prequels in that regard. There was actually some cunning intrigue going on in those House books.
The Butlerian Jihad prequel series was weak when it came to new character development and plots within plots -- a much more formulaic or mass market collection of notes, those books were.
But, to be honest, I got the feeling from Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse Dune, that the Father was overly fixated on sexual imprinting and sadistic torture. A bit too much so.
And, the lack of all that perversion in this final Sandworms of Dune was actually quite refreshing, and necessary if this final book was supposed to be about character fulfillment or denouement, as a final book should be about. Yes, the Baron was still there doing his usual stuff in Sandworms of Dune, but Erasmus the Robot actually seemed to grow up and mature as much as a Robot can grow up, I guess, and so did practically everyone else.
Leto II and all the worms combinining into one big worm at the end was kind of cheesy, but the rest of it was okay.
Overall, I just liked the way they handled the final book in the series. Yes, it might have been done differently and maybe have been done better if the Father had done it, but that's only a guess, since he didn't do it. But, it's possible that the Son and Kevin Anderson might have actually handled character fulfillment or denouement better than the Father would have actually handled those issues, as those didn't always seem to be the thing that the Father was best at handling.
The Father always liked to leave even his best characters in the gray zone with just a tint of corruption, and none of them ever really actualized or grew up, forgave the opposition, and learned to do things a better way -- unlike the Duncan Idaho of Sandworms of Dune.
Was Sandworms the best book I ever read? No. But, I think it was a good capstone and great denouement.