hadeanstars 's review for:

House Harkonnen by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

2.0

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This was... just about readable, and because it is predictable and must inevitably fit into the imminent narrative of his father's vastly more nuanced work, it stands up. But somehow the narrative does not ever really thrum or impress, the descriptions are invariably predictable, and the abuses of the titular clan are unimaginably base and unpleasant. There is no sensitivity in it, but it works and is easy, if not always wholesome and uplifting, reading.