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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-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:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
Lovably bizarre. Huge time jump threw me off a bit but loved it. Could nearly be read as a standalone with the following books in the series also subject to a massive time jump.
4,5/5
Eh bien, ce n’est absolument pas ce que j’attendais … Mais c’est mieux !
Vous le savez maintenant, je suis une grande fan de l’univers de Dune, et ce livre ne fait pas exception. Se déroulant plusieurs milliers d’années après Children of Dune, nous y retrouvant Leto II, toujours en vie et muté en une sorte de mélange entre un vers des sables et un être humain, contrôlant d’une main de fer son empire.
C’est un livre très intéressant. Définitivement très différent des trois premiers livres, il reste néanmoins dans la même veine. J’ai vraiment beaucoup apprécié ce livre, même si, étant assez dense et plein d’informations, il m’a pris quelque temps à lire et à rentrer dedans. Un beau voyage, que je vous recommande.
Well, it was not what I expected … But it’s better !
You know it by now, I love Dune’s universe, and this book is no exception. Taking place several thousands years after Children of Dune, we are following Leto II, still alive and mutated in a sort of mix between a human being and a sandworm, controlling his empire with an iron hand.
This is a very interesting book. Very different from the thirst three, but still in the same vein. I really like this one, even if, being quite dense with tons of information, it took me some time to get into it and read. A beautiful trip, that I recommend.
Eh bien, ce n’est absolument pas ce que j’attendais … Mais c’est mieux !
Vous le savez maintenant, je suis une grande fan de l’univers de Dune, et ce livre ne fait pas exception. Se déroulant plusieurs milliers d’années après Children of Dune, nous y retrouvant Leto II, toujours en vie et muté en une sorte de mélange entre un vers des sables et un être humain, contrôlant d’une main de fer son empire.
C’est un livre très intéressant. Définitivement très différent des trois premiers livres, il reste néanmoins dans la même veine. J’ai vraiment beaucoup apprécié ce livre, même si, étant assez dense et plein d’informations, il m’a pris quelque temps à lire et à rentrer dedans. Un beau voyage, que je vous recommande.
Well, it was not what I expected … But it’s better !
You know it by now, I love Dune’s universe, and this book is no exception. Taking place several thousands years after Children of Dune, we are following Leto II, still alive and mutated in a sort of mix between a human being and a sandworm, controlling his empire with an iron hand.
This is a very interesting book. Very different from the thirst three, but still in the same vein. I really like this one, even if, being quite dense with tons of information, it took me some time to get into it and read. A beautiful trip, that I recommend.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-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:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Lots of fun ideas to continue the story but Frank gets dragged down by some libertarian brain rot that ruins a lot of the philosophical diatribes. I think this is my least favourite of the Dune books
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a slog. Majority of the book was philosophical reflections (as per Herbert's style) with little action or push of the plot. The weird gender-dynamics and gender-roles were strong in this part of the series, with huge hints of mysoginy and sexualisation. As a woman, I had to put down the book several times over the year because it weirded me out. Unfortunately, a female protagonist rebelling against her fate does not make a feminist classic, when 80-90% of the remaining female characters exist in the shadow of the male characters. Sadly, even the plot and "point" of the story don't justify this.