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Dune Messiah

Frank Herbert

3.77 AVERAGE

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

80% yap
20 % plot
100% me theorizing
@melanie read it the ending was crazy

If ‘Dune’ was his build-up and climax, ‘Dune: Messiah’ is Paul Atreides’ deconstruction.

Chronicling the inevitable downfall of an emperor who captured his throne by methods of vengeance, planted religion and abhorrent mixing of gene pools, this relatively short book manages to handle being a believable, captivating political plot to overthrow an oppressor. It’s immensely dense with deep themes and philosophical passages.

The concluding chapters to this story might be my favorite of any book I’ve read to date. The book did feel a bit too drawn out in certain parts, but my experience with it was overwhelmingly more positive than negative. There’s no shortage of thrilling, memorable moments. I feel like this story’ll stay in my mind for a while.
challenging dark mysterious tense 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
adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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
challenging reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Honestly, not as good as the first book in the Dune series. Lacks a lot of pace and excitement in the plot apart from the ending, unlike the first book in this series. I found myself bored at times, and not as compelled to finish as I was with the first one. Paul Atreides still has my heart though forever and always.