5.25k reviews for:

I figli di Dune

Frank Herbert

3.81 AVERAGE

nawarnemeh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring slow-paced

kp_741's review against another edition

2.0

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Frank Herbert is definitely starting to lose his touch a bit, but this book is still engaging. He ran out of ideas and brought back a hero, a villain, and killed another hero again. So all 3 of them did not have the emotional reveals that they were supposed to. I appreciated the fixing of Paul’s unwilling tyranny from the first Dune, but I don’t buy this book’s solution. ***Spoiler: My God-Emperor dad risked a reign of strife and death. So I decided to become a sterilized alien, marry my twin sister, and then rule for 4,000 years. If you say so… ***End Spoiler.

As for the message and its delivery: this book (still) is all about the perils of hero worship and despotism (plus environmentalism, but yawn). And Herbert decided to spend the first half of the book just like, having our worshipped heroes spending so, so much time in their own heads (as well as each other’s) making judgments about what is best for us. It was counterintuitive and by far the worst part of the book. The second half picked up and got good and then the end just… faded to black?

rynaessance's review against another edition

2.25

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dylanjmp's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

fran_wijsbeek's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

arcus's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

sgilbert3114's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

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I wanted to read other stuff more

rodjanikov's review against another edition

3.0

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Ready for worm Leto lol (what the fuck did I just read)

madipowell's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

elleke_'s review against another edition

3.5

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Violence

Minor: Sexual content