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Dune Messiah

Frank Herbert

3.77 AVERAGE

yannis_'s review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious fast-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

thaw717's review against another edition

5.0

Every time I read this book I love it more. It’s a true inversion of Dune, and for that I love it.

theonewho_writes's review against another edition

4.25

fast-paced

brandonralane's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aobmageoz's review against another edition

3.0

ending kinda gave me chills… “he will not be found, yet all men will find him.” paul atreides rlly did fight well and will always be one of sci-fi’s greatest characters ever !!

giorgia_porge's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 might change my mind and give it a 4.
I loved how Herbert dealt with Paul's story arc as emperor, and the whole ghola plot was enjoyable to read too.
The political intrigue as the main focus was an okay choice, I'm not a huge fan... but It was very well executed, every realisation came just at the right time: I was never overwhelmed / confused, but I didn't guess the whole plan before it was revealed.
Overall the book to me felt way less inspired and epic than Dune.
Maybe in the grand scheme of the series it's good to have a more down to earth story at this point. I'm not sure.
Two final notes:
I adored Alia and I would have loved to see more of Irulan.