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peggy_racham's review
4.0
By far my favorite in the series, so far. Loved Miles Tag and his view, enjoyed Duncan for the first time since the first book. Overall a good read, filled with existential questions answered in a true Frank Herbert fashion.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Addiction, Drug use, Colonisation, Sexual assault, War, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Misogyny
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Incest
sir_willyam's review
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
A return to some of the fundamental story telling in previous Dune books found in Messiah, and Children, Heretics is a lot more character-based than the philosophy-heavy slog that God Emperor sometimes felt like. Despite Arrakis being recognizable again, aspects of Frank Herbert’s story telling doesn’t. The inclusion of sex-driven plot was the single most disruptive part of the entire series, and is a big factor in why I DNF the last book in the series, Chapterhouse: Dune.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Torture
Moderate: War, Murder, and Death
Minor: Addiction, Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Drug use
dannilmp's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
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
1.25
Now we have another time skip, to see the long lasting consequences of Leto II's final choice in God Emperpr of Dune. It was nice to finally move away from the Atreides family and focus on some other characters.
This book finally felt like the knive that split the series, with the loss of Leto II, all of our major players are finally dead and gone and this sets the stage for a new cast to rise up. However, not all of these new players were particularly brilliant and once again they were not written very well.
Herbert's ability to write women with the way he wrote the Honourned Matres was shocking to say the least, I'm not sure this man has written a decent female character in this entire series. If one does start to look they have slightly positive qualities it feels like this is instantly rectified in the next book and we're back to women as the bad guys again.
This book finally felt like the knive that split the series, with the loss of Leto II, all of our major players are finally dead and gone and this sets the stage for a new cast to rise up. However, not all of these new players were particularly brilliant and once again they were not written very well.
Herbert's ability to write women with the way he wrote the Honourned Matres was shocking to say the least, I'm not sure this man has written a decent female character in this entire series. If one does start to look they have slightly positive qualities it feels like this is instantly rectified in the next book and we're back to women as the bad guys again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
peachtea's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail
carrionkid's review against another edition
3.5
This was significantly better than God Emperor of Dune and the plot was compelling, full of twists and turns. The characters were interesting and I appreciate finally having some women in the spotlight as major characters. However it full dropped from a 4 star book to a 3.5 star book with the sexual assault scenes at the end and it was WAY more weird about sex than it had any right to be.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence
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