3.81 AVERAGE

mysterious reflective tense
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

what a crazy ending. I feel like nothing happened for a long time and then hit after hit in the last two hours.

Alia should have gotten more help. I blame Jessica.

Took way too long to finish this bc the first third of the book is lowkey a slog. Glad to see it come to such a logical conclusion and as such I now think all books should end with incest!

Definitely the campiest of the first 3 books.
adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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: Complicated

The Atreides continue to do nothing wrong.
adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

Phew! This one was a bit of a doozy. It felt long and I wish some repetitive things had been cut. There were also so many plots and schemes and mythical pondering, I again had to seek out a recap/explainer after finishing to make sure I understood what the heck happened. But I remain in awe of Herbert’s work and this universe he created that contains this incredible world and wild characters!
adventurous dark tense medium-paced
adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced
slow-paced