A review by thegr8estangell
House Harkonnen by Kevin J. Anderson, Brian Herbert

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Finished another Dune book. Dune:House Harkonnen was comical with how “evil” the Harkonnens are. It’s laughable. I rolled my eyes so many times at the stupid shit they did. There were some very interesting parts of it though. Duke Leto’s motivations become so much more clear and understandable in this one. Why Paul is the way he is makes more sense too. Duncan Idaho and Gurney Haleck’s friendship comes into focus. How Leto falls in love with Lady Jessica makes more sense. You learn why Raban is called “the Beast” (he strangles his father and snaps his neck) His real name is Glossu? Which is fuckin dumb. Oh, and btw when Dr. Yue diagnoses The Baron’s space AIDS you learn he is uncircumcised. So that’s… that I guess. There are a lot of really cool things that happen and a lot of really dumb things that happen in this book