The audiobook's narration is good and immersive despite the lack of consistency in character voices from book to book. The dialog and behavior of the characters is spot on. What I like: Their continuation of the story is seamless. Besides, I've read many of Kevin J Anderson's other works and his writing is superb (until now) so I knew that these objections were nonsensical. The Brian/Kevin novels have been criticized by fans because of some emotional objections to the story being continued by anyone besides Frank Herbert but lets face it, the story is worth continuing.

I came to the party late but have really enjoyed the Dune series. This climax has been in the making for decades. No - I only made it through because I wanted to know how they ended this awful story.Ī sad end to an otherwise excellent series. He did a fine job in the previous books, but characters suddenly gained new accents in this book. Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Scott Brick? Brian should be ashamed of himself for this terrible book and his efforts to capitalize off of his father's amazing series. This has to be the worst book I have had the displeasure to experience. The authors not only repeated stories from the previous books, but would also repeat parts of this book! They brought back gholas for no reason other than to add useless side stories to the already drawn out plot. There was a ridiculous amount of filler and useless plot lines that led nowhere. It's like (which they say far too often) they used spark notes and then wrote a book for a bunch of third graders. I'm not convinced the authors had even read the original books.

Anderson ’s story?Įverything! The characterization was all wrong. What was most disappointing about Brian Herbert and Kevin J. This book could only have been made better if someone else entirely had written it. What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you? A Disgrace to Frank Herbert! Absolute Garbage!

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