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Title: Ideas aren't bad, but execution is execrable
Review: The writing in this novel is not even up to the standard of the three "House" prequels this team has already cranked out.These authors need to repeat the mantra "Show, don't tell" a thousand times. They continuously tell the back stories of the characters rather than showing them by their actions and interactions. When the story returns to the characters, the authors compound this failure by repeating the back stories.It's a shame the writing gets in the way of the story the authors try to tell. Generally, the story is not bad. There are a couple of occasions when characters respond in ways that seem excessively simple-minded; motivations do not always seem to match to response in the book.I would not encourage anyone who isn't already a Dune fan to pick this book up. This book fails to follow basic creative writing rules.
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