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Mild spoilers ahead, I guess.
An entertaining story but I did find it dragging a bit by the end. The overall plot isn't that deep, the main character isn't either - most of the "one shot" characters seem to have more personality than the one we're with most of the story. I guess this book also shows it's age in a lot of ways. A bit of casual misogyny here and there. Sex stuff that feels like it's just there to be there. There was an eventual "explanation" for where the bad rats came from, and end had one twist that turned into a cliff-hanger kind of.
Not a terrible book, but not an amazing one. I have more Herbert in my library to check out (including the next two in this series) that I will get to eventually, so not so bad as to put me off trying more of his books.
Mild spoilers ahead, I guess.
An entertaining story but I did find it dragging a bit by the end. The overall plot isn't that deep, the main character isn't either - most of the "one shot" characters seem to have more personality than the one we're with most of the story. I guess this book also shows it's age in a lot of ways. A bit of casual misogyny here and there. Sex stuff that feels like it's just there to be there. There was an eventual "explanation" for where the bad rats came from, and end had one twist that turned into a cliff-hanger kind of.
Not a terrible book, but not an amazing one. I have more Herbert in my library to check out (including the next two in this series) that I will get to eventually, so not so bad as to put me off trying more of his books.