![]() And let me tell you, he is BAD at doing voices. ![]() ![]() Halfway through a chapter, the voice acting will just stop and it will go back to the primary narrator reading all the dialogue. Unfortunately they only do this for part of the dialogue for some reason. They brought in voice actors for the dialogue and they read it like a stage play and it actually works really well and the voice actors are great. ![]() The most distracting thing though is the way the narration changes throughout. Many pronunciations deviate from the norm, and some change throughout the book. Unfortunately, this is one of the most poorly executed audiobooks I’ve encountered. This is one of my favorite books, so I bought it to relive the story passively while I drive and do housework. Despite Herbert intending for it to be the series' penultimate book before his death, Chapterhouse: Dune might have been better off as a standalone novel in the franchise that expands the lore - a Dune epilogue, perhaps.A sci fi classic. However, because most of Dune's main characters - and even the main planet - is gone, Chapterhouse: Dune feels like the series is being stretched out. Getting a book entirely told from the viewpoint of the cunning Bene Gesserit order and the power games they play throughout the galaxy is really gripping to read. However, a constant in the series is Dune's debatably real main character Duncan Idaho and the Bene Gesserit order. Being that the Dune books span millennia, readers have to connect with characters and elements introduced sometimes well into the series. Written just a year after the series' previous installment is Chapterhouse: Dune. The planet Rakis (formerly Arrakis) has been completely destroyed, making Chapterhouse: Dune the only book in the series to take place on an entirely different planet. ![]()
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