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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
Well that was certainly a thing.
I wish David Lynch had made a Dune Messiah movie. I’d like to see that.
I wish David Lynch had made a Dune Messiah movie. I’d like to see that.
challenging
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-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
This book was amazing, it was definitely written as more of an addendum to Dune than anything else. Frank Herberts writing is still immaculate, with an insane ending to boot. This was extremely close to 5 stars, only reason not is there were some threads in the storyline that I personally feel there weren’t adequate answers to, but overall an amazing book!
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
the plot is kinda secondary to the overall vibes and weirdness and world-building, which is fine, because the vibes and weirdness and world-building are God tier (pun intended)! this book also had some of the best one-liners I’ve ever read in a sci fi book/book period??? (IMO Dune is closer to a fantasy than traditional sci fi…but I digress) it’s definitely not perfect and I honestly wasn’t sure if I was going to like this enough to continue, but I was sold by the end of it. am excited to see what Children of Dune is all about!
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4.25/5.00
"Now I am free".
What a beautiful conclusion to the story of Paul Atreides. This is the ending we deserved for Paul. At 80% of this book, I feared that I was pulling away with disinterest, but then I was hit with one of the most emotional endings that I have read. The imagery, the metohpor of Paul's life, and ultimate tradegy is re-writing all my feelings about Dune. I don't even want to read more. This is perfect.
I did struggle to read this book much more that the first. Why not have a glossary like the first book? The prose is meandering and gets very metphorical and a bit hard to follow. The first book was certainly more easy to read. If Frank Herbert had taken it a little bit easier, made the book a little bit easier to follow, Dune Messiah would have been a greater success. Prose departed from its lyrical approach to the metaphorical puzzle, which I am not a big fan of.
"What is before ?"
Spoiler
Emotional Impact -> The book starts out great, the later mid part gets a bit hard to follow. The ending is spectacular and worthy of a Dune book. The ending is even better than Dune. "A planet for a tomb"!! Beautiful.
Characters -> Paul stole my heart. His journey, his terrible purpose, his tragic life, his helplessness, his loss of free will. What a terrible life!
Plot -> Incredible plot. I didn't see any of it coming. Praise be to Frank Herbert. LOL when his son Leto II calls Paul father! wow. The plot left a lot of loose strands that somehow made the book more interesting. I did not like the Alia-Duncan romance.. where did that come from ? so random.
Prose -> This is where I struggled. My non-spoiler thoughts cover it already.
Worldbuilding -> This story is not focused on worldbuilding. It is plot and character focused. It makes use of the existing Dune worldbuilding and it almost feels like the ending of the first book.
challenging
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