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A review by suzemo
The Battle of Corrin by Brian Herbert
2.0
Here, go read this review; it pretty much sums up my feelings.
According to Goodreads, I read this in 2008, and I don't remember ANY of it. And after reading/listening to it "again," I'm pretty sure I'll forget it all over again as it's one of the worst written, cliched, forgettable, and boring books I've ever made it through. I gave it two stars because I'm feeling generous, and it did finish on a "high" note - the last passage was pretty decent writing, too bad the rest of the novel didn't follow... er, precede, suit.
Everything I complained about before, the previous novels is still true in this one. And I have to believe that this is the worst of the prequel novels written by Anderson & Herbert, because I have the rest of them and I don't remember them being quite as bad.
Cardboard, and in some cases - ridiculous characters (see the linked review), lack of world building, telling, not showing, etc. I was looking forward to the set up for the Atreides/Harkonnen feud, which we got, but it required BOTH characters to, well, be completely uncharacteristic of what had been previously established. It's just weird, and felt very forced.
Anyway, if you're a completionist (me) or a glutton for punishment (also me, sometimes), go for it, if not, stay away from this book.
According to Goodreads, I read this in 2008, and I don't remember ANY of it. And after reading/listening to it "again," I'm pretty sure I'll forget it all over again as it's one of the worst written, cliched, forgettable, and boring books I've ever made it through. I gave it two stars because I'm feeling generous, and it did finish on a "high" note - the last passage was pretty decent writing, too bad the rest of the novel didn't follow... er, precede, suit.
Everything I complained about before, the previous novels is still true in this one. And I have to believe that this is the worst of the prequel novels written by Anderson & Herbert, because I have the rest of them and I don't remember them being quite as bad.
Cardboard, and in some cases - ridiculous characters (see the linked review), lack of world building, telling, not showing, etc. I was looking forward to the set up for the Atreides/Harkonnen feud, which we got, but it required BOTH characters to, well, be completely uncharacteristic of what had been previously established. It's just weird, and felt very forced.
Anyway, if you're a completionist (me) or a glutton for punishment (also me, sometimes), go for it, if not, stay away from this book.