Review of 'Heretics of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 5)' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
I’ve been surprised how well the first four held up, but wow this one is a real slog!
Paperback, 480 pages
English language
Published Aug. 15, 1987 by Ace.
3 stars
(21 reviews)
With more than ten million copies sold, Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune books stand among the major achievements of the human imagination. In this, the fifth and most spectacular Dune book of all, the planet Arrakis--now called Rakis--is becoming desert again. The Lost Ones are returning home from the far reaches of space. The great sandworms are dying. And the children of Dune's children awaken from empire as from a dream, wielding the new power of a heresy called love...
Review of 'Heretics of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 5)' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Like the book before this, I struggle with this series some. The problem is the wheels within wheels within wheels writing grates at me after a while, and then it all ‘pops’ at the last second. It’s not that rewarding of a reading experience to me.
I will soldier on, as I feel I owe it to myself to complete the experience with the series after all these years.
