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Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

30 reviews

rachaelbunny's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Body horror, Drug use, Kidnapping, Child death, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Slavery, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Suicide

Minor: War

jelliclejules's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Addiction, and Mental illness

Minor: Incest and Infidelity

eleasofia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

i ended up liking this book the most out of the first three of this series. i had to force myself through the first 20-25%, but after that, it became intriguing again. just like dune and dune messiah, it's tough to read, especially if english isn't your native language, but it's doable. like in the previous books, some descriptions were just really long-winded and verbose, which didn't interest me much, but the story itself became very good once the pace picked up a bit. there were some scenes that were disturbing, but i didn't mind. there were many twists i didn't see coming and i loved that. i also loved the complexity and how the universe was expanded on, especially regarding the worms. out of all the characters, i ended up being most fond of ghanima and farad'n. i'm definitely going to read the next book too.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Murder, Suicide, Incest, and Blood

draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

2.5

I finally finished the book and I didn't like it. I loved the first two books, especially the second one, but this fell flat for me. I have the other books so I'll continue the series, but I really didn't love this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Violence

Moderate: Death, Incest, and Infidelity

Minor: Child death

gvstyris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

The future remains uncertain and so it should, for it is the canvas upon which we paint our desires. Thus always the human condition faces a beautifully empty canvas.  

Honestly unsure if I'll be continuing the series because Leto's development was definitely the least compelling part of Children of Dune for me, but I really enjoyed following Ghani & Alia nonetheless. Justice for Alia, though, man...and I don't even want to think about trying to explain the unhinged plot of CoD to someone unfamiliar with it.

A lot of interesting discussion here around the ecological transformation of Dune and its impact on Fremen culture, which has definitely been neglected by the 2021/4 film adaptations thus far.

I also feel like Herbert's misogyny and homophobia is becoming increasingly unbearable as the series goes on...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Incest, and Suicide

Minor: Homophobia, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship

sarah_tani's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Colonisation, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Drug use, Body horror, Violence, Suicide, and Self harm

Minor: Incest

fuathling's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Reading the Dune series means embarking on an odyssey. Frank narrates what feels like a living-breathing history on an empire that rises, falls, and rages like a hurricane. Children of Dune will break your heart, confound your previously committed beliefs, and threaten the air in your lungs at the edge of every climax. A provocative and terrible tale of supposed fate, and the inescapable pull of power. I'm a little wounded having finished this.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia, Incest, Murder, and Violence

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

ratvsrobot's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

appreciated the worm descriptions, tho I was a bit shocked about the sand trout cuz they don’t seem to be mentioned previously. Then again, I don’t expect the entire ecology to be laid out in the first 2 books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: War, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent and Incest

bittie_bee's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Incest and Adult/minor relationship