Reviews tagging 'War'

The Butlerian Jihad by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

6 reviews

lizosarus's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Dune: the Butlerian Jihad is my first foray into the Duneverse and I'm genuinely excited to see how the story looks from this vantage point. I know the general impression of the prequel series is less than favorable but I've actually enjoyed the deep dive and character development

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, War

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy

While a range of disturbing topics are mentioned in this book the authors often treat them with a detached sense of history. The mater of fact nature makes the events often more palatable and more horrible.

tlirthyla's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Slavery, Blood, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, Pregnancy

bgmylc's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, War

Minor: Infertility

theangrystackrat's review

3.0

adventurous sad tense slow-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'm not 100% sure how I feel about this prequel series. Its is NOT as engaging as the OG series of Dune. But it does provide some insight to how humans and thinking machines fought/ destroyed each other. The one thing I kept getting stuck on was lack of empathy on all sides. The robots were horrific, the humans were also terrible to their own kind, and then the Cymex (cimex? the human brains piloting the mech suits) where the most horrible of all. No one was empathetic to anyone else. Part of me wanted no one to win... I guess needless to say it wasn't a very redeeming look at humanity. I gave it 3 stars cuz, its written fine, and did keep me interested for 23 hours. That counts for something. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Slavery, Violence, War

galax003's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail

xylotrupes_gideon's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous hopeful

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, War