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A review by wincher2031
Sisterhood of Dune by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
5.0
The lower stakes political tensions make a nice change to the highly explosive bombardments common throughout the preceding Butlerian Jihad trilogy.
The looming threat of returning thinking machines as a result of convenience, the lack of lessons learnt and the theme of history repeating through human error reflects our reality, ever relevant to modern life told with all the subtle evocation readers could want in a cautionary tale.
The battles take a backseat here, and in their place: a distant early warning from beyond the stars.
The subjects and themes are vast and plentiful, in danger of becoming an impenetrable mess of character threads which are, thankfully, all tied together in one impressive plot-knot. Sisterhood succeeds where Heretics of Dune fell apart.
It's as if the best parts of Children of Dune and Heretics of Dune were combined in a continuation of the Butlerian Jihad trilogy, creating one of the best Dune novels so far.
The looming threat of returning thinking machines as a result of convenience, the lack of lessons learnt and the theme of history repeating through human error reflects our reality, ever relevant to modern life told with all the subtle evocation readers could want in a cautionary tale.
The battles take a backseat here, and in their place: a distant early warning from beyond the stars.
The subjects and themes are vast and plentiful, in danger of becoming an impenetrable mess of character threads which are, thankfully, all tied together in one impressive plot-knot. Sisterhood succeeds where Heretics of Dune fell apart.
It's as if the best parts of Children of Dune and Heretics of Dune were combined in a continuation of the Butlerian Jihad trilogy, creating one of the best Dune novels so far.