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Title: Is this Science Fiction or a Romance Novel?
Review: Very disappointing. There are a few good parts of this story, but they are buried by sorrow about lost romance, uninteresting human relationships, and tales of Octa Butler's supreme meal planning ability for her husband Xavier. For example, "Octa did this as a gesture to him and her dead sister, serving the tasty meat glazed with a tart currant sauce (p 715)." In addition in the space of about 10 pages toward they kill off four of the most interesting characters that they spent the previous novel and most of this one building up in an outrageously unbelievable scenario. Fans of other Dune novels should consider this one an "abomination."
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