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pinkmalady's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
THAT BEING SAID, i am not very fond of Duncan Idaho and have not been for the entirety of this series. most of my problems with this book revolve around him. he's just not very likable at all and everyone and everything in the world of Dune tries to tell us that he's The Coolest, Most Fuckable Guy Ever and meanwhile he's just a kinda shitty guy who knows survival skills.
my other problems are the misogyny, particularly the bioessentialism that has been prevalent throughout the Dune series and the oversexualization of all of the female characters in connection to that. it isn't as present in this one as the previous three books, but it's still Felt. you don't have to say all the guys wanna fuck this chick when explaining how fit and athletic she is; you can just say she's fit. there is this thing called a Thesaurus if you seriously need help coming up with respectable descriptions of women, i fucking guess. i'm sorry you're dead, Frank Herbert, because i'd like to give you some advice.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Body horror
Moderate: Sexism, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Gore
Minor: Incest, Blood, and Drug use
bittie_bee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Death, Body horror, and Homophobia
Moderate: Violence, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: Incest
suneaters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Violence and Body horror
Moderate: Sexual content, Colonisation, Genocide, Gaslighting, Police brutality, and Death
Minor: Rape and War
themarquessmagpie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Body horror
clayton_sanborn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Sexual content
Moderate: Gore, Homophobia, Gun violence, and Misogyny
Minor: Animal death, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence
dannilmp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
It was hard to feel any connection to the characters as none of them were the ones we followed through the first books, only long long descendants of those characters. That and Leto II being one of my most disliked characters made it hard to find the want to follow and see how his story will end. I'm not entirely sure why I'll still read the last two books, most likely just to say that I've finished the series.
Graphic: Death, Murder, and Body horror
Moderate: Lesbophobia and Homophobia
andrewbenesh1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Body horror, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, and Cultural appropriation
Minor: Incest
gkgkgk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Body horror and Murder
Moderate: Death
miagw962's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
"Tell them that the last will be first. They will know the allusion."
Woooooooowwwww. So this book took me ages to read but so have the majority of the Dune books. I don't think it's anyone's fault, it's just they're not particularly page turners because they're so dense; and sometimes you just need time to get through things. But I'm just in love with everything in this series and actually liked this one better than the third one. I'm just obsessed with the characterisations, especially Leto II and his self awareness as well as Duncan, my beautiful boy. Loved the new characters as well. I am constantly in awe of what Frank Herbert has to say about religion and culture and history, I'm just completely entranced by that. I loved how many times Leto referenced something from modern day or quoted some bible text. I am a sucker for biblical allusion because it is the penultimate story and history always repeats itself so it is interesting to see Paul's prophecy realised in Leto II as the classic tyrannical god-figure. The descriptions of his body alone were very distressing. So many interesting things in this book and in this series. I'm just loving it.
Moderate: Death, Murder, Blood, and Body horror
redcapediver's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Body horror and Colonisation
Moderate: Homophobia, Death, and Misogyny