Reviews

Les Hérétiques de Dune by Frank Herbert

widdershins3853's review against another edition

4.0

spoilers, explicit content

So many feelings about this book. On one level, I love it. It brought me out of a really long reading slump due to mental health issues. I love the world, the Bene Gesserait and the gholas and spice. (They movie was also really well done.) There are some writing flaws (constantly explaining the subtext of dialogue in an attempt to make it sound more mind-boggling actually does the opposite), but most of them are forgiveable.

However, there is one plot thread that is not. For a while, I was able to ignore it at least but it became a bigger and bigger part of the plot. The main enemy is a coven of evil priestesses who are so awful they *gasp* control men through their sex-superpowers. And the book would have us understand that this—the super-sexy priestess-witches forcing men to think with their bleeps—is a very serious evil, as evil as bureaucy.

Much more to say on this, but for now the main takeaway is that we can't have nice things because men ruin them.

story_singer_101's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

3.75

The themes are as fascinating as always, but I would have preferred there not be a sexually explicit scene that contained plot-important details. It was short though, which I appreciated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

peanutallergy95's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

adamkor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

deinol's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

varvvv's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

3.75

madgerdes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

paulp_fiction's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

helloitsjulz's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

1.5

not sure what frank was trying to say here except he wanted to up
the misogyny 

pinkeyeofsauron's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0