Hunters of Dune
by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
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Book Reviews of Hunters of Dune
Book Review: You can skip this one.
Summary: 2 Stars
Hunters of Dune is supposed to bridge the gap between Chapterhouse Dune and Sandworms of Dune. It is a simple, repetitious, mind numbing story line with no suspense or surprise. There is no reason to read this story, unless you are going to read Sandworms of Dune. And if you do read Sandworms of Dune, there are enough references in it to the events of Hunters of Dune that reading Hunters is superfluous. If you are a Dune addict, and must endure every word to find out how the series ends, then read Hunters of Dune followed by Sandworms of Dune. If you just want to find out how things wind up, skip Hunters and just read Sandworms. If you aren't a big Dune fan, skip both.Book Review: No redeeming qualities
Summary: 1 Stars
I am usually willing to give the author the benefit of the doubt, but this book is unbelievably bad. The characters are flat, the plot is predictable, the dialogue is juvenile and the pace of the book is slow. While I admire Brian and Kevin for attempting to continue the Dune saga, it is truly astounding that they and the publisher felt this volume does so satisfactorily. I don't recommend this book, even for fans of the series. I refuse to spend any more time on such horrible writing, so I am planning to read an online plot summary for the final installment ("Sandworms of Dune") and recommend you do the same for this book. Thoroughly disappointing.Book Review: Worth the read
Summary: 4 Stars
I delayed reading this book due to all the negative reviews. As a big fan of the original Herbert (read all 6 books at least twice), I wasn't that impressed with Brian and Kevin's work on the ealier trilogies. This book suffers some of the same flaws relative to the originals-lack of depth, characterization. However, it is extremely fast reading and the plot is worthwhile. Contrary to some others, I found the plot highly plausible based on the original series and overall well presented-accepting the fact that Frank Herbert didn't write it. The final book should be here today, hope they bring it to a satisfying conclusion.Book Review: Better than the Prequels
Summary: 4 Stars
I sort-of read all of the prequels as they came out. I got bored and skipped a lot of the descriptive sections. Then I forgot about Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson until I happened to come across them in the public library the other day. Chapterhouse is/was/will be my most re-read book in the Dune series. I've been waiting to find out who Daniel and Marty were for 15 years since I first read the entire series over the course of weeks. This book... well, I didn't skip a paragraph. No, it wasn't Frank Herbert. You could see through the writing far too often. But I never got bored.Book Review: Great story
Summary: 5 Stars
It was really excellent to see Miles Teg again, and all my favorite characters stranded on a no-ship off in parts unknown with a cargo hold full of sandworms. Readers get to most all of the familiar faces from the other Dune books. I was especially touched by how Brian and Kevin handled Dr. Yueh trying to cope with his guilt and the ghola memory of what he had done. The Honored Matres are as vicious as ever and readers at last learn the identity of the mysterious Outside Enemy that's been hinted at for many books. (Plenty of people guessed it ahead of time -- I did.)