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Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

13 reviews

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

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

lizzyjean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

A beautiful continuation of the Dune Saga. This book dives even deeper into the religious politics of the Dune universe than the two previous, and makes you excited to read God Emperor of Dune. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, Colonisation, Child death, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Torture, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Incest

The children of this book are mentally centuries old and have lived thousands of lives, but their bodies are still children (around 16). Throughout the book their individual relationships are spoken about, and it is implied that they both individually will have sexual lives with people who are currently adults.

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

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

This book still has in my mind one of the craziest plot twists of all time (if you know you know). It’s sad to see the degradation of a lot of the characters, but such an interesting book. I wanted more time with Leto out in the desert, though. 

“The joy of living, its beauty is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you.”

“I charge you to save people. They’re more important than things.”

“To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror; to learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror.”

“Is your religion real when it cost you nothing and carries no risk? Is your religion real when you fatten upon it? Is your religion real when you commit atrocities in its name?”

“People, not commercial organizations or chains of command, are what make great civilizations work. Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces.”

“That humans can endure only in a fraternity of social justice.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Violence, Addiction, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Kidnapping

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

serena_hien's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Addiction, and Death

Minor: Incest, Child death, and Death of parent

kateworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, Murder, Colonisation, Child death, and Death

f18's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Cursing and Incest