Božanski car Dine by Frank Herbert

3.68 AVERAGE

anja_borg's review against another edition

3.0
3.5

bainee's review against another edition

3.0
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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abbiemoneill's review against another edition

3.5
slow-paced

quetnyare's review against another edition

3.5
challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Children of Dune was a considerable step down from the first two books in this series, but I think this is a small step back up.  There is naturally new weirdness to handle but Leto II proves to be one of the most complex and misunderstood characters due to his unique circumstances.  I'd say the plot is on par with its predecessor, but the character work done on Leto II just felt slightly better than what was done in the previous book.  Also taking place 3500 years after the last book, it felt weird to refer to so many loved characters from the first three novels as "long-dead" and I felt myself missing some of them and the book gives them no fanfare.  This is a tough rating as I could see this being many peoples point of giving up on the series, while for me it actually felt like it stuck a better landing than the previous installation of the Dune universe.
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orange_flower's review against another edition

3.5
pros:
  • interesting continuation of world building
  • many philosophical themes with exploration of religion, technology, tyrants, ecology, etc
  • cool characters with fascinating motives

cons:
  • weird sexual moments like nayla getting off on the wall climb
  • plot is pretty much non-existent, 90% is leto yapping and half of what he's saying doesn't even make sense
  • characters aside from leto don't feel fully fleshed out in their own right
  • abrupt ending like in the first book, feels like a set up for the next book rather than an actual conclusion 
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beththeharpist's review against another edition

2.5
I feel like Frank lost the plot a bit with this one ngl
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dylanca's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

eemi42's review against another edition

3.0
challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
I got it by the end. It's a really powerful story, akin to Dune Messiah. But the majority of the book was a sluggish journey through Leto II's ramblings. It was work to get through. And I got sick of hearing about the perfect, gentle Hwi Noree. 
The summary on the back of the book would have you believe this is a story about Siona. But it's more about Leto II.

paul_274's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

polinal's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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