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Title: Too Many Contrivances
Review: Having read the other prequels in this and the House series, I had lowered my expectations from anticipating great literature, to just enjoying a narrative story. But, a few key story elements that I had waded through two books and several years to get to, were tossed out. It was too much, just 1 example here, to bite off as forced plot elements "mystical" spring water suddenly revealing to one individual many of the key powers of the Bene Gesserit (sp). Others have mentioned the monotony of continuous repetition of the characteristics of 1-dimensional characters. One thing few have mentioned, is the senseless and frequent graphic descriptions of gore- and done so unimaginatively (how many times did the words "ruptured tendons" appear in the space of 20 pages?).Anyway, hope they didn't leave open the door for more books in the BG period, and will take some serious time in making a masterpiece out of Dune 7. Cheers all!
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