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abigail_adel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Fatphobia and Homophobia
Moderate: Racism and Sexism
bookhoe1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I do think it is very fast paced at time where I would've enjoyed more detail. The big finale is like 20 pages long. But overall a solid book, while of course being a product of it's time.
Graphic: Child death, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Racism and Pregnancy
Minor: Suicide and Torture
multech's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Minor: Child death, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, and Classism
intermeyer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Islamophobia, and War
Moderate: Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, and Murder
Minor: Rape
infinite_harness9030's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and War
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Classism
lqne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Genocide, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Child death, Infertility, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury
alexiconic's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Dune had things that were absolutely great. It’s clearly a well thought-through world, the environment and the history are very well constructed and it works well. We enter a world where it’s clear the author knows what is what. The mystical elements of the Bene Gesserit, the planet’s ecology, the political factions and their motivations: these are solids.
I’m a bit in the middle on the writing. Having switching POVs and a kind of omniscient narrative is not that popular anymore, and it took some getting used to. But I ended up appreciating it. I didn’t really enjoy the time jump midway in the book: it removed too much buildup and context, and Dune was already going to be a long, long book, which would have been better if we had a little more insight in the “between” period.
What really let the book down for me were the characters. Most weren’t very fleshed out, and while that was the point to a certain extent, it also lessened the impact. I truly didn’t understand why Paul was this great charismatic leader, for example. There were also some tensions in the characters goals:
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
naomi_k's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Torture, Xenophobia, and War
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Religious bigotry
macliffe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Torture, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Violence, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
Minor: Ableism and Racism
parenthesis_enjoyer's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Classism
Minor: Child death, Genocide, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Excrement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Alcohol
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