House Corrino (Dune: House Trilogy, Book 3) by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
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Book Reviews of House Corrino (Dune: House Trilogy, Book 3)
Book Review: I'm glad it's over....
Summary: 2 Stars
The 1st of the three prequels looked like these guys might have some promise. After plodding through the 2nd, it was clear that these men aren't the masterful, deep story tellers that Frank Herbert was. Having finished this 3rd, hopefully last, installment, I'm glad that my strange addictionn can now be turned to other books.These books are repleat with lack of character and plot development. Characters are "built up" in a tedious series of un-thought-provoking passages throughout the books and it seems that, at some point, the authors looked at each other with startled expressions and said, "WAIT! These people are supposed to die! What to do?!?!"... their answer is to, with no ceremony or pomp, dispatch them, never to be revisited or thoguht about again. Just... POOF. They're dead. Move on.
The original Dune was filled with complex plot twists, deep sociological observations (even if they had no basis in our reality), and brilliant characters. I felt wholly uninspired by these characters, though some were the same characters I was deeply intrigued by in the original. The though processes of this series characters was juvenile, stagnant, and dismally shallow.
It's worth a read just to have done with it... there are some tidbits of entertainment here. Ultimately, I seriously feel their editors should have sent them back to the drawing board, and not relied on Dune's fame to sell these books.
Book Review: An adequate cap to the "House Trilogy"
Summary: 2 Stars
The final installment of the "Dune: House Trilogy", this offering rounds it out acceptably and *does* tie up many loose ends that had been created by the previous two books. However I found the final third of the book to be a rush of bring-up-issue, resolve, repeat.
Also disappointing is that the richness of the characters was neither exploited nor acknowledged. Characters folded into single dimensional entities that acted and re-acted to situations in a way that was simply expedient to move the story along to its conclusion rather than with the greater depth and complexity that Dune readers would expect.
If you have read the preceeding two books of this trilogy then you'll definitely want to read this book to wrap up the series. I would not recommend this as a standalone read, but as a cap it is quite adequate. If you're a die-hard Dune fan, then I expect you'll still enjoy this prequel that leads directly to the original "Dune" book. Personally I found the "Legends of Dune" trilogy vastly more epic and entertaining than the "House Trilogy".
My recommendation? Read Dune first, then any of the other post-Dune books, *then* "Legends of Dune". Only read the "House Trilogy" if you find you are so "Dune" mad that you begin suffering withdrawal without some kind of Dune fix.
Book Review: What happened???
Summary: 2 Stars
Yes House Harkonnen was not as good as the first novel but what hapened here? It's almost as though they kept the downward spiral going as each book progressively gets worse. I liked Atredies and enjoyed Harkonnen but this edition was pitiful. The first half is boring and simple. Never really gets to anything especially since I thought the second book set it up to be exciting. Then the second half, while picking up the pace, it seems as though the authors were bored and couldn't wait to start the butlerian Jihad trilogy. They just kind of hurry things along and wrap up the story with no real compelling conclusions. The last few chapters are so simple I felt cheated. If you have started the series you have to pick this book up to finish it off but don't expect to have an real compelling ending.Book Review: Bad writing, worse story
Summary: 2 Stars
It shames me to say that I finished the entire book. That's the only reason I gave 2 stars. It was only out of curiosity to see how this shameless son of Frank Herbert would further defile the great Dune legacy. It's truely amazing how little original thought went into this book. The only story lines are filling in details that Frank Herbert intentionally left vague or following one-dimensional characters down one-dimensional plots. I'm drawing the line here. I'm not going to buy the Butlerian series and give more money to these sick so-called authors. There are only 6 Dune books, however much we might wish for more.
Book Review: Details, details, details
Summary: 2 Stars
Am I the only one who realizes that they killed the Queen, yet in the 1st Dune book, she's actually ALIVE?!?!? I'm one of those crazy people who thinks if you're gonna do a prequal of something, make sure it goes with the stuff that's supposedly coming after it!!