10.1k reviews for:

Dune Messiah

Frank Herbert

3.77 AVERAGE

nomes20's review against another edition

4.0

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I, too, would be a bit upset if 61 billion people were killed in my name. Most of this book is just Paul being like yeah I won't sleep with my wife and Alia being annoying and horny. It's definitely an interesting shift from the first book it's really hard to root for any of them.

The whole Paul can see because hes living his visions in real time was really interesting. Like this is all fate but at a certain point fate fails him and things change. Im very torn about whether I want him to be dead or not.

I want to say not enough happened in this but really how much happened in the first book.

jessica_larae's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Dune Messiah reads extremely different than the first book in the series. It was a bit jarring going from Dune to this book. I did enjoy the extra time with the characters. 

debsrm's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I liked this book more than the first

skwolcott's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

csetters's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

ahoytherejet's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

leozeo's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious 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

alejajlo's review against another edition

3.0

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this felt so anticlimactic like wdym the second part to your first 800 page novel is just 300 pages, starts after 12 years and ends like that? mhm

charlottek34's review against another edition

4.0

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hmmm hard to rate. was it as good as the first? no. is it still good? yes.  the

duncan reborn stuff

was a bit… repetitive? i’m not sure how to say it. I liked the new religion/philosophies introduced a lot. alia and irulan are crazy i lowkey love them. i feel like this really did add to the themes of the first book in really interesting ways. left me a lot to chew on and the aesthetics (? vibes?) are still very fun to read. 

sandcat's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-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