Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

El mesías de Dune by Frank Herbert

34 reviews

lqne's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Colonisation, War, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, and Incest

Minor: Death, Torture, Child death, and Addiction

emilywemily6's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

Herbert’s writing is tough to get into; I feel like there was so much he was trying to say, but he was so vague about it that I missed his message. I liked that this book was a lot of political intrigue. I also feel like the length was perfect. I really wish you learned more about the events immediately after Dune though. The time gap made it hard to feel invested in where the characters are now, a decade later. Though even though it had been a bit since I read Dune, I still remembered enough to get back into this world without too much trouble. I think this book has more merits in being reread over and over again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Pregnancy, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Infertility

Moderate: Addiction, Violence, and War

Minor: Sexual content, Child death, and Adult/minor relationship

dpekus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.25

Visiškai kitokia nei pirmoji knyga, bet tuo pačiu ir nesiskirianti - tiesiog epinius nuotykius ir mūšius keičia gilūs ir sukti politiniai žaidimai bei vidinės personažų kovos su pačiais savimi (ir tas pasireiškia vos ne kiekvienam iš pagrindinių personažų). Pradžioj skaitėsi sunkiai ir lėtai, daug naujų vardų ir terminų, bet gana greitai viskas susistato į vietas.

Gal ta pirmoji knygos pusė ir kiek gali išvarginti savo politiniais dialogais, bet antroji pusė savo tempu per daug nesiskiria nuo pirmosios knygos, o visos filosofinės įžvalgos padeda kiek kitaip pažvelgti į personažus. Vienintelis didesnis minusas - moteriški personažai, kurių paskirtis beveik visada buvo arba pratęsti imperatoriaus giminę, arba pamesti protą dėl vyro (ir nuogai brolio akivaizdoj treniruotis kardu - ką??). Bet net ir su šituo knyga labai stipri ir puikiai pratęsia Kopos istoriją - o skaičius pirmąją knygą šią paskaityti tiesiog būtina.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility and Incest

maiabradley's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Minor: Incest

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility and Incest

melancholymegs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Slavery, Death of parent, Death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Incest

camelliagwerm's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Frank Herbert giveth (giving me two girlbosses) and Frank Herbert taketh (pulls out some absolutely fucking insane plot points that I wish to repress forever)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility and Incest

giulianalb99'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

4.0

Even though this book is the shortest one of all “Dune” books, I found it so freaking dense and slow full with politic matters (that I don’t enjoy because they are boring to me) that sometimes made it difficult to read. I really liked the characters and overall it was a good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Infertility and Incest

polly_zilhaver's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Incest

kirstendo's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Incest