Chapterhouse: Dune
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Summary
Frank Herbert's Final Novel in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles--the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time
The desert planet Arrakis， called Dune， has been destroyed。 The remnants of the Old Empire have been consumed by the violent matriarchal cult known as the Honored Matres。 Only one faction remains a viable threat to their total conquest--the Bene Gesserit， heirs to Dune's power。
Under the leadership of Mother Superior Darwi Odrade， the Bene Gesserit have colonized a green world on the planet Chapterhouse and are turning it into a desert， mile by scorched mile。 And once they've mastered breeding sandworms， the Sisterhood will control the production of the greatest commodity in the known galaxy--the spice melange。 But their true weapon remains a man who has lived countless lifetimes--a man who served under the God Emperor Paul Muad'Dib。。。。
The desert planet Arrakis， called Dune， has been destroyed。 The remnants of the Old Empire have been consumed by the violent matriarchal cult known as the Honored Matres。 Only one faction remains a viable threat to their total conquest--the Bene Gesserit， heirs to Dune's power。
Under the leadership of Mother Superior Darwi Odrade， the Bene Gesserit have colonized a green world on the planet Chapterhouse and are turning it into a desert， mile by scorched mile。 And once they've mastered breeding sandworms， the Sisterhood will control the production of the greatest commodity in the known galaxy--the spice melange。 But their true weapon remains a man who has lived countless lifetimes--a man who served under the God Emperor Paul Muad'Dib。。。。
Reviews
Dan Claffey
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Gets a bad rap， but an entertaining read nonetheless。 Definitely needs to be read in order。 Leaves plenty of room for future extrapolation on the universe that Herbert's son has written - don't know if I'll bother with those books though。 Gets a bad rap， but an entertaining read nonetheless。 Definitely needs to be read in order。 Leaves plenty of room for future extrapolation on the universe that Herbert's son has written - don't know if I'll bother with those books though。 。。。more
Calin Biris
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Ultimul puzzle din seria celor 6 are un sfârșit neașteptat de bun。 Deși construcția până la acțiune e lungă， finalul mi-a plăcut。
Lydia
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Listened to the audiobook - such an excellent presentation。 Lots of talent to go with the bonkers talent of Frank Herbert。Still reeling from both the end， and that it's the end of the genius。 I'll go on to read the others， because I can't get enough of this universe， but I will now join the ranks of those who will always wonder what could have been if he had lived long enough to finish his saga himself。 Listened to the audiobook - such an excellent presentation。 Lots of talent to go with the bonkers talent of Frank Herbert。Still reeling from both the end， and that it's the end of the genius。 I'll go on to read the others， because I can't get enough of this universe， but I will now join the ranks of those who will always wonder what could have been if he had lived long enough to finish his saga himself。 。。。more
Giljon
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The sixth and final book in Frank Herbert's Dune saga。 Again with Interesting themes of philosophy and politics through the eyes of Reverend Mother Odrade。 Unfortunately it ends on a cliffhanger that will never truly be resolved due to Frank's untimely passing （RIP）。 A good read nonetheless The sixth and final book in Frank Herbert's Dune saga。 Again with Interesting themes of philosophy and politics through the eyes of Reverend Mother Odrade。 Unfortunately it ends on a cliffhanger that will never truly be resolved due to Frank's untimely passing （RIP）。 A good read nonetheless 。。。more
Beyza
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Wow。 This whole series was such a read。 To me， the first book is definitely the superior book， but that's in no way saying that the sequels are nothing but great。 Especially this last one， the ending leaves you wanting so much more。 It's such a shame that Frank Herbert himself never got to finish the series。 Wow。 This whole series was such a read。 To me， the first book is definitely the superior book， but that's in no way saying that the sequels are nothing but great。 Especially this last one， the ending leaves you wanting so much more。 It's such a shame that Frank Herbert himself never got to finish the series。 。。。more
Kyle
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3。5 Stars， it's better than Children of Dune。 The final entry leaves a lot to be desired， but I for the most part would say that I enjoyed it。 "Final entry" due to the death of the author， and the massive controversy of the sequels being subpar reads let alone being poor Dune novels。 I thought the novel was worth the read all things considered， but the grip of knowing that what I read， and where it would lead， and is going to remain unanswered; really puts a damper on my overall enjoyment。NB: As 3。5 Stars， it's better than Children of Dune。 The final entry leaves a lot to be desired， but I for the most part would say that I enjoyed it。 "Final entry" due to the death of the author， and the massive controversy of the sequels being subpar reads let alone being poor Dune novels。 I thought the novel was worth the read all things considered， but the grip of knowing that what I read， and where it would lead， and is going to remain unanswered; really puts a damper on my overall enjoyment。NB: As it's more apparent with this edition in particular， I shall be referring to the author as 'Frank' because some publications have shared billing with his son， due to the memento piece before the novel itself begins。 Chapterhouse is definitely a book two of a would-be trilogy。 While the stakes and consequences of the actions and events are well founded and expressed， I felt like there was more to be said， but wasn't。Even as I read the early chapters， I noticed that Frank's writing went from rather insightful， to clear tells of a stressed and ailing mind。 To make a rather long research session short; I would imagine the death of his wife， the failure of Dune 1984 in the US， and the awareness of his own cancer （note that his death was from an embolism after the removal of the tumour） had played a part in the rather extreme disparity in writing quality。 With this being the last entry， I feel as though - and forgive the morbid-ness/bluntness; it was a sign that it wouldn't have been much better had Frank continued writing。 With this context， I feel I can talk about it in a proper light。The writing quality， as stated before， was a mix。There were clear moments of laziness/frustration， where Frank had wanted to get the idea or story out， but hadn't given it time （or gave too much time in some cases） to dwell on the weight or presence of the chapter。Chapter length seemed far longer than the previous entries。 This was ultimately a detriment， much like [Redacted] with their insistence on massive chapters， a lot of the story and information become too broad for quick review。 The most egregious cases are when it's about the scientific-ecological happenings that are being repeated time and time again， or actually rather basic concepts。Speaking of， a lot of the time it felt like story-explanation rather than storytelling - a critique I often saw in Heretics reviews， but only really felt with this entry。 This is at it's most guilty with the terraforming of Chapterhouse， essentially explaining the reverse order of ecological events of Children to GEoD。The story， was also a mix。The Bene Gesserit legacy carries on， and Dar， Bellonda， newcomers as well as the others who I am sadly blanking on are still an interesting set of characters to follow。 The Honored Matres as an opposing force， intentionally frightening and inhuman in many ways， were fun to read。 The Jew storyline had me asking "What？" many times， even in the end I asked "But， what？"。I've come to accept that even though my favourite parts of Dune are the political and intrigue elements， that there were threads I did not understand at all。 Again， I found myself on the same page as Frank 80% of the time he made threads clear in previous works， but in this I felt a constant "Wait， when was that talked about？" over and over again。Herbert the Pervert is back， and I think it might have peaked in uncomfortable territory this time round。 Even though it was done for shock factor （of a certain character， and probably the readers too） it played more like inspired smut than the last entries - bar the obvious exception （not exceptions）。The ecology side was bang on clear however。 Even though it went on far longer than that of the first book in terms of explanations for weather systems and changing landscapes， and should've been shorter， it was one of the more understandable plots of the piece。The last chapter， almost reads like madness without the context of （view spoiler）[Marty and Daniel being face dancers at the peak of their evolution。 （hide spoiler）] It almost felt like Frank pulled a Bugs Life moment， where it's just a glorified story of someone's back yard。I also see the comment that it ends on a cliff hanger （it does， not disputing that） a lot， and that it's a shame because of it。 In my opinion there's no shame in this cliff hanger。 I feel that with how open ended it is， anyone could （have， seeing as though the sequels exist） come forward and gave their theory as to what would likely happen after the events of Chapterhouse。But that's just me。Thank you Frank， for Dune and for inspiring me to get writing rather than keeping stories bottled up。 。。。more
Nick
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A direct continuation of heretics of dune （ Dune 5）。 Definitely a huge cliffhanger at the end of it。 I want to continue the sons vision of Dune 7 which he co wrote with the help of his deceased fathers notes however I understand that it's not up to par with Dune 1 - 6。 I'll simply start with Brian Herbert's prequel trilogy first and see if I like it before reading the 2 sequel novels。Dune 6 is a good read。 Not as much action as #5 but you learn alot more of Honored Matres and why they returned f A direct continuation of heretics of dune （ Dune 5）。 Definitely a huge cliffhanger at the end of it。 I want to continue the sons vision of Dune 7 which he co wrote with the help of his deceased fathers notes however I understand that it's not up to par with Dune 1 - 6。 I'll simply start with Brian Herbert's prequel trilogy first and see if I like it before reading the 2 sequel novels。Dune 6 is a good read。 Not as much action as #5 but you learn alot more of Honored Matres and why they returned from scattering。 The BG vs HM is the big plot point in this one with a pretty cool conclusion on how Odrade planned victory over them。 I thought it was cool。 Marbella is a very interesting character。 Would have liked to see more of Daniel and Marty throughout the 5th and 6th novel but maybe they will be a big part in 7 and 8。 You see alot of different worlds in this one。 Chapterhouse， junction， Lampasas， and a few other worlds that HM destroyed in their quest for BG control。 BG lore ， HM history and origin， Daniel and Marty， Teg， Idaho， Marbella， Jewish faction， action， more philosophy and an overall good book and great edition to these epic 6 novels。 。。。more
Dray
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Entering into the Dune saga I find the books focus more on philosophies， observations and how stances in life play themselves out rather than action。 This book really gets you into the Bene Gesserit。 i am on to the 7th and 8th books before circling back to the many many prequels。
Trish
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The epic conclusion to the original series - and it kinda ends on a cliffhanger！ *rips out hair* I'm very much looking forward to Villeneuve's interpretation of Dune that will be shown in theaters this year so I decided to not only read the original book but also the rest of the series。 Ten years have passed since Arrakis has been virtually destroyed in the previous book。 Yep， it's gone。 Well， not GONE， but it is dead， the surface uninhabitable thanks to the honored Matres and the tech they bro The epic conclusion to the original series - and it kinda ends on a cliffhanger！ *rips out hair* I'm very much looking forward to Villeneuve's interpretation of Dune that will be shown in theaters this year so I decided to not only read the original book but also the rest of the series。 Ten years have passed since Arrakis has been virtually destroyed in the previous book。 Yep， it's gone。 Well， not GONE， but it is dead， the surface uninhabitable thanks to the honored Matres and the tech they brought with them。 Sheeana， Duncan and Teg's daughter Odrade （now Mother Superior to the Bene Gesserit） have managed to flee with a sandworm and a handful of sandtrouts。 So the plan， now， is to turn the planet Chapterhouse into a desert where they'll breed more sandworms so the spice will flow once more and there will never be such a threat to prescience and space travel ever again。This plan is somewhat complicated by the fact that the Honoured Matres are zipping through what has remained of the Empire， eliminating any and all Bene Gesserit planets， killing the nobles as well as the Ixians。 Oh， by the way， there is only ONE Tleilaxu left， Scytale （saved from Arrakis when the others fled）， their technology and knowledge therefore all but gone， too。 So everyone is hiding， basically， while trying to bring together everything they have for one last attack。Meanwhile， on Chapterhouse， a ghola of Miles Teg is bred and raised （weirdly， he's calling his own biological daughter "mother"） and while I was glad to have him back， I'm not sure I'm a big fan of everyone just being brought back from the dead willy-nilly （fresh blood， in my opinion， would be better）。Sheeana， for the most part， is overseeing the afore-mentioned project to create more sandtrouts and more sandworms but she doesn't really agree with Odrade's overall approach which leads to her and Duncan forming plans of their own。I must say that after the big bang at the end of the last book， I was somewhat disappointed at the lack of equal action for about the first 3/4 of this final volume。 Sure， the conversations， meetings and planning were important but it also felt anti-climactic。 I wanted the last remaining forces to strike back immediately and teach those invaders what is what。 *lol*What was a nice surprise was the introduction and/or explanation of certain tech， both encountered before and new。 It was also a dead-giveaway。 *shudders*Moreover， we finally got further details about the motivations of certain characters （much needed since we didn't get many answers in the previous book）。 And apart from the lessons about trauma we had to witness time and time again， it begged the question of what threat was coming towards the Empire。 I had a theory （and had it confirmed by Brad for whom this is the umpteenth re-read） and must say that it is THE proof of the author's mastery。 He didn’t just keep going to make money， he had a plan from the beginning or this wouldn't have worked， we had all the hints strewn across all volumes （it's what I picked up on here and there） and now， the demons come home to roost！ We did get a glimpse at the very end of the book with world-shattering implications but no confirmation / actual confrontation yet （it's maddening）。The question throughout the book was: are the Bene Gesserit depraved and evil （though at least not as badly as the Honoured Matres） so Sheeana and Duncan were correct （view spoiler）[in loading up the Jews， a worm， some futars - and yes， I'm wondering about how that will go - as well as Teg and Scytale and escaping to a universe without boundaries （hide spoiler）] or are they the only possible bastion against whatever is coming （especially now that （view spoiler）[the Bene Gesserit and the Honoured Matres have become one Sisterhood （hide spoiler）]）？This on top of the ever-present question of: Is this all still the Golden Path？I'm still not 100% sold on what is coming （yes， I know it after I asked due to the implications in this "final" volume）。 I mean， （view spoiler）[cloning everyone - Paul， Leto etc （hide spoiler）] - seems a bit too simplistic。 Yes， throughout all books we were following genetic engineering， perfecting humans， but shouldn't we aim for the perfection of our species instead of （view spoiler）["only" some individuals？ Is this really the future （hide spoiler）]？！ What will that lead to？ Will （view spoiler）[there be a second Dune， a second galaxy with new Reverend Mothers like Rebecca， founded by the original characters we met in the very first book while the old powers battle it out with the intelligent machines， destroying them and themselves in the process （hide spoiler）]？！ Oh， but how much I would have loved to see the final conflict as written by Frank Herbert！ Alas。LOTS to think about while reading and after concluding the series。 I don't think I'll read the books that haven't been written by Frank Herbert himself。 I know Brian Herbert and his co-writer followed original notes and cornerstones at least with the next 2 books， but it still doesn't feel right。 And despite there being a cliffhanger here， I'll just fill in the gaps myself。Last but not least， let me thank my buddy-reader， Brad， for this epic quest through time and space。 I had a blast！ 。。。more
Paul
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Chapterhouse: Dune picks up not long after the end of Heretics of Dune。 There was supposed to be one more novel to follow but Frank Herbert died before completing it。 This is how I rank each book， from favorite to least favorite: 1。 Dune2， God Emperor of Dune3。 Children of Dune4。 Chapterhouse: Dune5。 Dune Messiah6。 Heretics of Dune
Jonathan
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Herbert begins to work in foreshadowing of more than ideas， as we meet mysterious figures in the vision of Duncan Idaho。 But the glimpses of plot are thin， and the pace largely continues from the last two books。 He prioritized static scenes to flesh out ideas through characters’ conversation。 Very unexciting in the end。
John Somers
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11/20。
Emily Madison
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I wasn't expecting it to， but this quickly became one if my favorite books in the entire series。 Of course Paul's story will always reign supreme in my heart， but this one was was shockingly amazing。 I wasn't expecting it to， but this quickly became one if my favorite books in the entire series。 Of course Paul's story will always reign supreme in my heart， but this one was was shockingly amazing。 。。。more
Samuel Ammerman
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Don't read this book Don't read this book 。。。more
Fraser Simons
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This was almost a 4 star book for me。 The nice thing is that everything has to be explained this time， and in a very real way it works as a counterbalance to the very first Dune book。 The through line， Those That Do Not Know History Are Doomed To Repeat It， is predominate （finally） and you can really see in hindsight the overall structural accomplishment of the meta plot， which is really， really satisfying for me。 When you aren’t stuck in each books A plot， which I felt were all fairly simplisti This was almost a 4 star book for me。 The nice thing is that everything has to be explained this time， and in a very real way it works as a counterbalance to the very first Dune book。 The through line， Those That Do Not Know History Are Doomed To Repeat It， is predominate （finally） and you can really see in hindsight the overall structural accomplishment of the meta plot， which is really， really satisfying for me。 When you aren’t stuck in each books A plot， which I felt were all fairly simplistic and widely varying in quality， you do see the accomplishment and overarching principles Herbert was actually to communicate。 Things like Preserving actual history; the larger， sort of movements of humanity interrogates as an entity; the terror of living a life from a singular viewpoint because we simply can’t know what we don’t know， and how what we now call Motivated Thinking can be applied to every faction and component that comprise these overall movements of mankind are also divorced from moral absolutism。 Yet， these larger concepts are also really frustrating because in order to get these things you still have to experience plots that are by necessity myopic。 And within these smaller frameworks there are antiquated notions like genre and sexuality and things we know about socialization and various other aspects of identity that clash against the various human civilizations。 Even when the narrative tries to celebrate women it does so in a sexist way。 That’s probably a product of the time it was written in。 It’s nice to think that Herbert would have written it differently had all the science of today been available; had even the Internet been a thing to utilize for such a sprawling epic。 But it wasn’t。 And as a result， within this plot and all the others， there’s a hobbling of suspension of the necessary suspension of disbelief for sci-fi stories to work。 It’s their buttressing。 And it isn’t present here; sometimes bordering on the comical。 People bonding forever to each other because they fuck， for instance， feels antiquated as hell， engineered for each other or not。 Terminology and names and the actual array of time and space similarly feels like it’s devoid of technological progress and birth rates; essentially anything that isn’t in service to the larger concepts is more-or-less handwaved。 The only buttressing here is those things Herbert was expressing and believed to be true regarding people， as a whole。 If you can get past that then each individual story has some merit and I was able to appreciate each。 The culmination of the previous book especially was what brought me to the meeting of my expectations threshold here。 It’s an open ended send off， sure。 But it does finish the larger context and humanization of each necessary viewpoint。 And for once， a lot actually happens and it is maybe the only book that doesn’t feel devoid of context from the empire or surrounding worlds。 The dialogue is still a bit melodramatic for my taste， but it felt more tight to me。 Pacing felt better than the previous; miles better than God Emperor。 Overall， I liked it for what it said about the philosophical underpinnings and larger mechanizations， which is how I’ve felt every single book。 And thinking back on the entire series， to be honest， the moment that had stuck with me the most is one from the very first book， despite the fact that I actually might like Messiah the most out of all of them。 “I knew Jamis。 He taught me that when you kill， you pay for it…” 。。。more
Jen Hunt
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It took until book 6 for me to finally get into the story！ I still don’t have high hopes for the last two books。 I finally felt like I could understand and relate to characters， don’t worry， not the spider queen。 🤣
Direncan Kurtaran
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90/100
Barb
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This one in the series totally lost me。 I think I'm going to stop in the series and start over！ This one in the series totally lost me。 I think I'm going to stop in the series and start over！ 。。。more
Martin
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I would split Dune series into two categories。 The first one contains books with great stories， believable characters and a lively universe - Dune， Children of Dune and Heretics of Dune。 Unfortunately， Chapterhouse: Dune belongs to the other bucket already containing Dune Messiah and Emperor of Dune。 These books mainly focus on one character （Paul， Leto II and Odrade）， who die or walk to the desert by the end。 Reading these books is very tedious as there is a minimal story， and there is more foc I would split Dune series into two categories。 The first one contains books with great stories， believable characters and a lively universe - Dune， Children of Dune and Heretics of Dune。 Unfortunately， Chapterhouse: Dune belongs to the other bucket already containing Dune Messiah and Emperor of Dune。 These books mainly focus on one character （Paul， Leto II and Odrade）， who die or walk to the desert by the end。 Reading these books is very tedious as there is a minimal story， and there is more focus on philosophy。 In Chapterhouse: Dune， this philosophy is centred on weaknesses of democracy/bureaucracy and is as tiresome as you can imagine。 Some argumentation of Frank Herbert is very weak and childish。 In most cases， the best solution for the government （no laws with autocracy） is best because the author said so。 That said， I still enjoyed the open ending of the Dune series。 I also loved every part of the story without Odrade and every small bit of lore dripping my way。 So for me， it is still four stars， but I would not recommend Chapterhouse: Dune to anyone except for Dune fans。 。。。more
Celeste
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DNF
Jen
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A really enjoyable series， would read again
Adah
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If you like sciencefiction and fiction， then you will like this book。
Dan
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A lot more boring than the previous books in the series。 I felt my attention drawn to other things outside of the story constantly。 Honestly， the story lost a lot of steam after God Emperor。
Tomer
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This is the last book in the series by the original author。 It mostly continues the political conflict between the great powers of the previous book， before leaving the reader at a somewhat open ended conjunction of lineages。
Jakub Capák
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Just like Messiah， Children， and God Emperor， this book starts with a lot of conversations。 In fact， the first half of this book （about 300 pages in my 603-page edition） is just conversations that have almost no impact on the story。 And to make things worse， I didn't like Herbert's writing here like I did in the first four books， so that made those conversations even harder to get through。On top of that， I felt like this time around， the conversations were the weakest the series has seen， mainly Just like Messiah， Children， and God Emperor， this book starts with a lot of conversations。 In fact， the first half of this book （about 300 pages in my 603-page edition） is just conversations that have almost no impact on the story。 And to make things worse， I didn't like Herbert's writing here like I did in the first four books， so that made those conversations even harder to get through。On top of that， I felt like this time around， the conversations were the weakest the series has seen， mainly because， for some reason， many of them were told in the form of characters remembering those conversations rather than those conversations taking place in real-time。 This sound like a minor change， but it's not， because instead of seeing the intricacies of those conversations we just saw the boiled down versions without the passages telling us what the characters were thinking at that moment （which is one of the hallmarks of Herbert's writing in the other books）。 In the end， this means that the first 300 pages of this book are almost totally pointless， meaning that this is a 300-page book disguised as a 600-page one。 And， in fact， that is exactly how I felt about this book when I finished it。 This book's story is just too short to justify a book this long。 The entire story of this book can be more or less summarised as "We have to do something about the Honored Matres"。 The easiest solution to this problem would be to make Heretics and Chapterhouse one book。 Heretics was dragged out towards the end anyway （and the story also doesn't justify such a long book if you think about it）， so you could shorten that book by about a third and replace that with about 300 pages from this book。 The result would be a grander story and a more fun book。 Another issue I had is that since the story of this book is so short， one of the major plot lines ends up being resurrecting Teg-ghola's memories。 And the last book's major plot line was resurrecting Idaho-ghola's memories。 See any similarities there？ Well， it didn't actually bother me that much when I was reading the book， but still， this is the closest this series has ever gotten to being repetitive。 And since I'm talking about Teg， why did we have to bring him back？ Yes， it makes sense from the point of view of the Bene Gesserit， but he doesn't do much in this book。 He feels like a side character。 And the powers he got at the end of the last book went almost totally unused here。 That just seems like a waste， and it reinforces my opinion that it didn't make sense for him to get those powers in the first place。 To top things off， I'd say that even the ending didn't satisfy me， because this book ended up creating more questions than it solved。 It basically answered only one question: How did the Bene Gesserit solve the Honored Matre problem？ However， it raised the following questions （spoilers）: （view spoiler）[Who are Daniel and Marty？ It seems like they are Tleilaxu Face Dancers， so what are they doing in the Scattering？ Since they are in the Scattering， is there an independent Tleilaxu empire？ What are Sheeana and the crew of that no-ship up to？ How do the Honored Matres end up living with the Reverend Mothers？ What is the thing the Honored Matres fled？ （hide spoiler）] This could have been avoided if the book ended the way it originally seemed it would end: （view spoiler）[the Bene Gesserit winning the battle against the Honored Matres （hide spoiler）]。 Though this ending would bring its own problems。 To wrap things up， I'll just say that there isn't anything this book offers that we haven't seen in the previous book in this series。 Yes， there is further information about the Sisterhood and a minor continuation of the overall story of the Dune Saga， but it's not enough for a 600-page book。 Considering its length， this book feels empty。 And now， since this is Frank Herbert's last book in this series， my thoughts about the series as a whole。 I haven't read that many series yet， since I prefer reading standalone books， but I think this is about as polarising a series as they get。 The first three books were awesome， among my all-time favourites。 Then， however， the quality of the books plummets until we arrive at Chapterhouse， where we are basically reading stories fit for 100-page novellas stretched out to 600 pages。 My list of the Dune books ranked from best to worst would look something like this:1st/2nd place: Dune/Dune Messiah: I am putting these books together because I can't decide which one I like better。 Yes， Dune is much more epic in scale， but Dune Messiah is much more focused and its message is that much clearer because of it。 A re-read is necessary for me to decide which one is better。3rd place: Children of Dune: this book is still one of the great Dune books， but the pointless conversations at the beginning take up too much space and the story is overall a bit too slow for this book to be at the same level as the first two books。4th/5th place: God Emperor of Dune/Heretics of Dune: here I again can't quite decide which one is better。 God Emperor's writing and ending are better， but Heretics has a more conventional story and it's the only book in the series that feels like it introduces us to a new universe （except the original Dune， of course， but since that's the first book in the series， it has to do that）。 However， both of these books are severely flawed: God Emperor has too many dialogues between Leto II and other characters， and Heretics is overall a bit too slow and the ending ruined the whole book for me。Finally， 6th place: Chapterhouse: Dune: as I've described in the review above， this book doesn't have anything going for it。 It seems to just set up the 7th book， which Frank Herbert unfortunately wasn't able to write before his death。 Even though I didn't like the last three books in this series， I am still sad that Frank Herbert was never able to write the 7th book。 Maybe I am hoping for too much， but it really seems like he set everything up to create a great ending to the entire series。 Perhaps the 7th book would just be too full of conversations again， but there also was a lot of potential for it to have an exciting story。 I know that his son， Brian Herbert， teamed up with Kevin J。 Anderson to finish the series， but I have huge doubts about their books。 For a start， they wrote two more book to finish the series， whereas Frank Herbert planned only one。 Furthermore， when I was browsing the Dune wiki， I accidently spoiled for myself who they reveal Daniel and Marty to be， and I doubt that Frank Herbert planned that reveal to go the way his son and Anderson wrote it。 Maybe I am wrong， and he did plan it that way， but to me it feels more like a way for B。 Herbert and Anderson to sell more of their other Dune books， since they wrote an entire series about the character they reveal Daniel and Marty to be。 To finish all of this， I'll say that now that I've finished the Dune series， I want to try some of Frank Herbert's other books。 I'll start with some books he wrote between Dune and Children of Dune just to make sure that I read books from the period in his life from which I've already enjoyed other books。 。。。more
Shiela
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With the introduction that has been given to us I already know this is going to be one hell of a fun ride！
Ewa
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Oh thank the Tyrant， I am done with the series！ This one did offer a well-executed plan by Odrade。 The other characters’ potential remained unused， their stories simply a background for the main line。 To cut a longish story short， it’s bitches and witches united now。 With the open ending， I’m sure Herbert was planning to carry on with the story， Shiena might still have surprised us all a bit。 Luckily for me， we will never know:p it was a generally tiring read， tedious at times， quite uneven if y Oh thank the Tyrant， I am done with the series！ This one did offer a well-executed plan by Odrade。 The other characters’ potential remained unused， their stories simply a background for the main line。 To cut a longish story short， it’s bitches and witches united now。 With the open ending， I’m sure Herbert was planning to carry on with the story， Shiena might still have surprised us all a bit。 Luckily for me， we will never know:p it was a generally tiring read， tedious at times， quite uneven if you think about H’s writing。 I have no regrets reading this series， I will definitely not go back to it though :） 。。。more
Mehmet Çakıcı
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Slutty nun cosplayers playing with furries。
Anna
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Let’s be real… all the dune books were really 3s for me
Rater
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An extremely unique novel which would leave one wanting for more。
Reference
google book https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Chapterhouse: Dune
hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=Chapterhouse: Dune&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft
The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Chapterhouse: Dune&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0