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Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

3 reviews

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Addiction, Colonisation, and Incest

infinite_harness9030's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Self harm, and War

Moderate: Colonisation, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Death, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Confinement

Minor: Murder, Slavery, Body horror, Grief, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Animal death, and Suicidal thoughts

dannilmp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

The third installment in the Dune series, and once again we start off with a sizeable time skip from the last events of Dune Messiah. The focus has shifted from Paul and his psychic abilities to his two children and their psychic abilities compared to their aunts capabilities. Once again this book involves another struggle for the Atredies to try and keep the throne from other families hands. 

This series is starting to feel as though its dragging its heels now, I'm not sure we needed a third installment at all? It seems the character writing becomes sloppier the more books we progress through. If I'm being honest, I don't like either of the twins characters and this is not something that will change over the course of the rest of the series I'm sure. There was nothing really that captivated me about Children of Dune and I'll only be continuing the series because there's nothing worse than leaving a series half read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Murder, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: War