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Title: A big disappointment. Poorly written and unconvincing.
Review: The thing that made the original "Dune" novel so great was its plausibility. It imparted a sense of reality and wonder that translated into real authenticity. The characters seemed like real people living on real planets in the far distant future.This book fails to do any of that. Having read all of the previous Dune books, I had lots of questions about, and notions about, what the "Butlerian Jihad" had comprised. When I read this book my reaction was "you have got to be kidding."I thought the other three Dune novels by Brian Herbert and Anderson were pretty worthy prequels. "The Butlerian Jihad," by contrast, misses the mark completely. I rarely give only one star to a book that I have actually finished, but this one will be an exception. Save your money.The authors can do better and should have known better. I don't know how they managed to produce this turkey.
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