Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

12 reviews

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. i'm definitely going to read the next book too.

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Content Warnings

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

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

njthk's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

Leto wasn't the only one on a Spice Trip.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, and Body horror

Minor: Incest

camelliagwerm's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

Think I might have lost a few too many braincells reading this one, lads 🫡

Absolutely insane stuff and I'm not sure if that's a compliment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicide

Minor: Incest, Fatphobia, and Adult/minor relationship

librarycowboy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, War, Murder, Genocide, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Infidelity, Addiction, Ableism, Slavery, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Suicide, Cultural appropriation, and Body horror

Minor: Incest

gkgkgk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Violence

poisonivy's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

1.5

this was a chore, i think i’ve gone as far as i’m going to be able to go with dune lol

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Incest, and Fatphobia