Book One of the Schools of Dune Trilogy - Sisterhood of Dune

We're talking the background story of the Bene Gesserit here. What should be an engrossing story is mediocre, and at times downright boring. Either the authors don't care anymore, or they're running out of steam, not sure which but either way, this is not their best effort.

This book continues the series by Brian and Kevin, in my opinion it's one of their best so far, their books are now ALMOST as good as the original Dune books by Frank Herbert...which I intend to be high praise, not criticism BTW.
Anyone who enjoys reading in the Dune universe won't want to miss this one, or the next book ( Mentats of Dune) which I am 3/4 through already. I really enjoy how these books are fleshing out all the events that were alluded to in the original Dune books, I keep having AHA! moments. The funny thing is that Mentats and Sisterhood could have switched titles and it would have been just as appropriate, both are about both groups without much difference between them, these two books could have easily been one massive tome.

PLEASE keep them coming!!!

When they took job of continuing the 'Dune' sagas from the late Frank Herbert, I was a bit worried. In most cases, the child does not fit into the boots of the father.

Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson have been more successful than most. Sisterhood is another of a number of prequel novels the pair have written. It is a good read, if you're a Dune fan, which I have been since way back when.

Worth the price to download to your Kindle.

If you like the mythos of the "Dune" universe, like me, this book is a definite buy. Some of the people that have not read any of previous books would find some characters one-dimensional. For those that think that, I suggest reading the other Dune serries books. Character development is there but is spans a few books. In relation to the other aspects, the story progression is ok, the new characters interesting and the reading enjoyable.

Frank Herbert is my favourite author of all time. I read the original Dune shortly after it was released, the first time. When his son Brian took over with Kevin they helped fill in the many gaps. They even ended the story with style, but this prequel sequel to a prequel is a disaster. It creates events and characters that are never mentioned later on (I have and read them all). I can no longer stand the disjointed chapter by chapter short story format. The Sisterhood of Dune takes the overall Dune story nowhere. This latest installment seems to be solely written to set up the next book. How very sad. Maybe it's time to stop before it's all ruined for the next generation of Dune fans.

Sisterhood of Dune is a little bit differ, form what I had come to expect in the other book series. While they still continue to be the controlling women of Dune they are not as infallible as we as we were led to believe.

The genius of Frank Herbert continues through a next generation armed with his notebooks and plot outlines. Without these prequels and sequels, Dune is great, but someitmes pushes the imagination; with them, it is one of the greatest sagas ever writte!

Although Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson have put out some dune books that have not measured up to the quality of original series, this was certainly one of their better works. If you struggled through the Dune Legends Trilogy (which is the worst of B. Herbert's and Anderson's works in my personal opinion), this is well worth the read. If you have not read the Dune Legends Trilogy, I would say don't bother with this book since it picks up where The Battle of Corrin left off.

The book, although supposedly about the sisterhood, is a conglomerate of many side plots. The book describes Vorian's new life, the founding of the mentant and Suk schools, the spacing guild, and the continued efforts to carry on Rayna Buttler's cultist crusade. Be warned, however, the book setups the coming of the second book in the series, leaving many of the conflicts unresolved. My conclusion is that although I recommend this book to any Dune fan, because of the unresolved side plots, you may want to wait to read this until the rest of the trilogy comes out.

For those who argue that this book seems like something that was meant to appeal to middle schoolers, the allegorical theme was clearly missed. The idea of rationality versus emotion was presented very well, and the theme is very relevant to current culture. I would argue that those criticizing the book do so because they have ideological disagreements with the theme.

Great book!

Even though Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson are still distant from Frank Herbert's depth, the Machine Crusade saga illuminated the background of Dune and now Sisterhood of Dune is the perfect closure creating the final connections between the post-Jihad society and the society we know on Dune.

Definitively recommended!

The Dune series is possibly the best Science Fiction series ever written! And the books written by the son, Brian Herbert, are every bit as good as those written by his father. I have enjoyed them all and enjoyed this one.