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A review by aestro
Mentats of Dune by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
3.0
I hold of reading Mentats of Dune for quite some time, trying to go through quite a list of books to read. I was then pretty excited to come back to the world of Dune and discover the genesis of the Mentats, Bene Gesserit and the Spicing Guild. This book, however, comes short in logics and character motivation.
First, the good. I enjoyed following the familiar characters and how they interacted to come and form the organisations that will be familiar in the original serie. The pace is good and the story is definitively a page turner, being a little annoyed when finishing a chapter and changing point of view character, since you want to know what will happen next.
Then, the bad. I could best describe this book has lazy. Most of the story depends on the characters acting in the most stupid way possible. I know that this is done to advance the storyline, but it could have been done in a less clumsy way. Nonsenses like this are present at every plot turns.
I would say that this book is enjoyable, but ultimately lazy and predictable.
First, the good. I enjoyed following the familiar characters and how they interacted to come and form the organisations that will be familiar in the original serie. The pace is good and the story is definitively a page turner, being a little annoyed when finishing a chapter and changing point of view character, since you want to know what will happen next.
Then, the bad. I could best describe this book has lazy. Most of the story depends on the characters acting in the most stupid way possible. I know that this is done to advance the storyline, but it could have been done in a less clumsy way.
Spoiler
For example, the Harkonnen hate of the Atreides is well established by the previous books, but nothing is done to explain why Tula and Valya hates them personally enough to plan an elaborate ruse in order to kill a random Atreide descendant, several time remove from Vorian. Instead of explaining their motivation, it is just assumed that they hate the Atreides because that is what Harkonnen does.I would say that this book is enjoyable, but ultimately lazy and predictable.