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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
Is Frank Herbert a genius? Yes. This is obvious the more of his books you read. Does that make this a good book? Absolutely not. The Dune series appears to depict humankind’s journey to immortality over the course of several millennia. We never see this realized as Herbert passed before finishing the series. I recommend only reading Dune, and if you must read on, be done after God Emperor. If you’re curious, read a synopsis of the rest of the series (including the conclusion written by Brian Herbert, which sounds more than anything like a bad fanfic).
This book also had some wtf moments…a child clone is sexually assaulted to bring back the memories of his past lives??? The Dune series often depicts children with the psyche/memories of adults but I could’ve done without ever reading that.
This book also had some wtf moments…a child clone is sexually assaulted to bring back the memories of his past lives??? The Dune series often depicts children with the psyche/memories of adults but I could’ve done without ever reading that.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-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:
Complicated
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
This book was a struggle to finish. There is way too much inner talk here and almost no action. I was bored most of the time. The only part I found interesting was when the unknown force was mentioned. Just an ok-ish book this one. I'm undecided if I want to continue with the other two books in the series that are not written by Frank Herbert.
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
tense
slow-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:
No
slow-paced
Not reviewing the whole Dune series because that would take forever, but do let me say that this book only gets three stars because I thought it was the most exciting of all of them. Too bad it wasn't exciting enough for me to almost fail out at 98%.
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
medium-paced
Deeply unsatisfying (), and very laborious to get through.
Hardly anything seems to happen. We are led through meandering passages of heady dialogue and "realizations" of plans, concoctions, schemes, all of which seem to happen without us present. In this way it reads much like a stage play: "Did ya hear? The king was killed in battle!" "Oh my!" Also, introducing Jews? An odd choice to say the least.
The expository master was not on his best game; he died a year after this was published. The only way he seemed to have to build a universe was for people to ruminate or to openly talk about the repercussions of proposed actions. I just wish they'd act! Can't we see some of this play out? Can't we be told things a little less directly? He was great at building a world; not as great with the plot on this one. It was clear to me Herbert was forcing a plot onto existing characters; he was much better at starting anew in the same universe with virtually all new characters, in the previous installments. He faltered right when he "revived" more than just by including them in a follow-on novel.
I'll certainly continue the series; but I frankly didn't want these characters to be the ones that would span multiple books. I don't care about them... Hopefully the two sequels by Frank's son are not about the same characters; it would be cool to see though.
This was the hardest one for me to get through.
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ends on a cliffhangerHardly anything seems to happen. We are led through meandering passages of heady dialogue and "realizations" of plans, concoctions, schemes, all of which seem to happen without us present. In this way it reads much like a stage play: "Did ya hear? The king was killed in battle!" "Oh my!" Also, introducing Jews? An odd choice to say the least.
The expository master was not on his best game; he died a year after this was published. The only way he seemed to have to build a universe was for people to ruminate or to openly talk about the repercussions of proposed actions. I just wish they'd act! Can't we see some of this play out? Can't we be told things a little less directly? He was great at building a world; not as great with the plot on this one. It was clear to me Herbert was forcing a plot onto existing characters; he was much better at starting anew in the same universe with virtually all new characters, in the previous installments. He faltered right when he "revived" more than just
Spoiler
the odd ghola or twoI'll certainly continue the series; but I frankly didn't want these characters to be the ones that would span multiple books. I don't care about them... Hopefully the two sequels by Frank's son are not about the same characters; it would be cool to see
Spoiler
Sheeana make a new religionThis was the hardest one for me to get through.