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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"I have killed 61 billion , sterilized 90 planets , demoralized 500 worlds and wiped out followers of 40 religions "
This summrise the destruction inside paul , note that this is the best future paul has seen .
This book was the fall of paul , not statuslly but personally , he gets destroyed emotionally by the death of chani , physically by losing his eyes , mentally by the vision , each part of his self is losing something though out the book until the final conclusion of his walk to death .
This book is more condensed than the first one by far it took so much from my brain , this book goes deep in political and religious status , religion comes from the fremen side while politics comes from the others (bene gessirit and tleilax , guild and the fremen ) , inside religious there is political aspects and vice versa .
This book answers two questions from Dune
1. The navigators form
2. The spice part as a valuable substance and here comes the geniusity of Frank , the spice play a role in powering the mind , after the butlerian jihad , the schools went to enhance the human mind rather than depend on machines , and the spice played a huge role in this .
The characters in this book are magnificent, already paul one of my beloved characters his ideas his tries to correct the course of universe his relationships and how he manages them , alia is perfect to see the conflict between age and super mind her desires and duties , hayt the conflict between present and past self , fremen's beliefs , scytale and the tleilax ultimate ghola , it gives too many characters and their goals , intentions , causes in this world .
Paul is not the only one who can prescience but the best , this idea gives more believabllity to the powers in the series .
Lastly there is some question to be answered or thoughts to be explained.
How paul see through his son leto's eyes ?
why irulan decided to raise paul's children ?
I have a complain , please frank explain the sci-fi tools used .
After finishing the book it left in me a void , part of it was because of the overwhelming of the book , and the larger part because of the devastating of the ending , particularly the ending of paul as he walks lonley in the desert, blinded eyes , broken heart and mind , to his death by shai-hulud to crave his name as the religious character paul muad'dib atreides and the fremen usul .
This summrise the destruction inside paul , note that this is the best future paul has seen .
This book was the fall of paul , not statuslly but personally , he gets destroyed emotionally by the death of chani , physically by losing his eyes , mentally by the vision , each part of his self is losing something though out the book until the final conclusion of his walk to death .
This book is more condensed than the first one by far it took so much from my brain , this book goes deep in political and religious status , religion comes from the fremen side while politics comes from the others (bene gessirit and tleilax , guild and the fremen ) , inside religious there is political aspects and vice versa .
This book answers two questions from Dune
1. The navigators form
2. The spice part as a valuable substance and here comes the geniusity of Frank , the spice play a role in powering the mind , after the butlerian jihad , the schools went to enhance the human mind rather than depend on machines , and the spice played a huge role in this .
The characters in this book are magnificent, already paul one of my beloved characters his ideas his tries to correct the course of universe his relationships and how he manages them , alia is perfect to see the conflict between age and super mind her desires and duties , hayt the conflict between present and past self , fremen's beliefs , scytale and the tleilax ultimate ghola , it gives too many characters and their goals , intentions , causes in this world .
Paul is not the only one who can prescience but the best , this idea gives more believabllity to the powers in the series .
Lastly there is some question to be answered or thoughts to be explained.
How paul see through his son leto's eyes ?
why irulan decided to raise paul's children ?
I have a complain , please frank explain the sci-fi tools used .
After finishing the book it left in me a void , part of it was because of the overwhelming of the book , and the larger part because of the devastating of the ending , particularly the ending of paul as he walks lonley in the desert, blinded eyes , broken heart and mind , to his death by shai-hulud to crave his name as the religious character paul muad'dib atreides and the fremen usul .
Much like the first book, I enjoyed the complex political intrigue, and there were some really interesting character dynamics—I found Irulan, Alia, and Duncan/Not Duncan particularly compelling. Also like the first book, I thought the actual storytelling was awkward, with a ton of attention spent on philosophical quandaries while huge swaths of plot were breezed right through in a matter of paragraphs.
mysterious
tense
medium-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
Balanced on a razor's edge, walking along it until you reach the end.
A perfect sequence to the first book and was filled with suspense and mystery. A great addition and a must read to people that loved the first one. I absolutely loved the introduction to new types of characters and all the different conspiracies.
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Pretty good, but not as good as Dune. Also very short comparatively. We’ll see what the next book holds.
2024: I first read this in 2012, and I'm guessing I didn't appreciate this as much at the time (I gave it two stars). While, in my opinion, this is definitely not as good as the first novel, there's a wonderful continuity into the world created in Dune. On to the next!
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes