aether 's review for:

Whipping Star by Frank Herbert

4.0

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I picked this book off the store shelf because it was a Herbert and I enjoy collecting his books. I pulled it off my own bookshelf to read because it was short and it looked like something I could finish without much investment (as I am quite busy currently). In that regard I was not disappointed! Pages flew by, and before I knew it the book had ended. Herbert has such a way of obfuscating full understanding, putting it right around each next corner until you reach the end of the maze without grasping the full picture. As a Herbert, it has numerous notable quotes. One aspect I didn't expect from this novel was a love story--Herbert has it all! It reads like a short story in the sense that the universe isn't fully fleshed out, but it doesn't have to be. I enjoyed it, I'm happy that I own a copy, but I might not give it a second read.