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Frank Herbert

3.68 AVERAGE

quintonamorph's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Weirdly amazing book that recontextualizes a lot of the story and takes it in a really interesting direction. The perfect ending to the series - I'd stop reading after this one and just think that Letos plan worked. I could read about creepy worm king ranting on philosophy all day

max_traylor's review against another edition

2.0

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Frank Herbert hated gay people. If you didn't know that before God Emperor then you will realize it early on in the book. This hatred ruins the only original character to return, Duncan Idaho, who is ghola'd up the wazoo. Still, Herbert makes it a point to let the reader know that Duncan's body is sculpted, muscular, and sensual, and that his face is handsome and attractive. He goes into detail about it more than once.

There is also a character named Nayla, who is basically a female bodybuilder. He goes into great detail about her masculine traits, as well. Hmm... It all makes me believe Herbert's hatred may have been a deflection of suppressed homosexual feelings he had within himself.

Anyway, I couldn't enjoy the book as much as I expected because of Herbert's homophobia. I just couldn't make that separation.

Leto Jr. is the star, and is now a giant Jabba worm human. He has lived the billions of lives of his ancestors, as we are told over and over again in "Children" and now this book. Not a single one of them was a gay person.

The book could have been a lot shorter. At least 100 fewer pages, at LEAST. It is mostly Leto having conversations with people, which is okay because what he says really makes you think. But stuff is repeated a LOT.

nickt's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lulu333's review against another edition

2.0

challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

lottiebluewater's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lauuure's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

darth_lil's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

alliemayy3's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious 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

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Favorite dune so far 

hillier's review against another edition

4.25

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pizzacruuuuust's review against another edition

3.5

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lato is not as likeable a character as his dad, started to really run out with patience with this all by the end.

Also Frank Herbert has some fucked up ideas about sexuality and gender eh?