A review by jessca
The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov

3.0

I've seen general opinions online that the Empire books are a weak point of the overall series, and while reading this book, I could see why. It was a bit of a slog for a while, and there were no familiar characters from the other books. It was an okay read overall, just not as engaging as the others I've read. It doesn't seem to have anything particularly relevant to the rest of the series, so it probably could be skipped altogether unless you want to devour every single word written by Asimov; this one doesn't push the series forward as much as just provide an aside at a random point in the middle of when the interesting books happen. It's like a superfluous novella.
I'm undecided about whether or not to continue the Empire books, but I think the next one or the one after that deals with Trantor, which shows up in the Foundation books, so that's a reason to possibly continue.