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Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

17 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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fuathling's review against another edition

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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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aileron's review against another edition

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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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ratvsrobot's review against another edition

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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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bittie_bee's review against another edition

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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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infinite_harness9030's review against another edition

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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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bergha1998's review against another edition

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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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