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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
If you would’ve told me this is where the story would go from the first book, I’d call you crazy
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I was a bit unsure when I started reading this book if I was going to like it or not. I felt that there was quite a bit of filler but once the story picked up it got really interesting. I don't know if it's just fatigue from the series or what, but I felt that this and heretics were a bit harder to get into. I think somewhere down the line I am going to pick these two books up and reread them. The ending was not what I expected, but a great conclusion to the series. I know that Frank Herbert intended on releasing another book, but it still makes sense for his writing style and in a way it allows us to decide what comes next in this universe. I am now free from the grasp this series had on me.
I liked it, but not as much as Heretics of Dune. There is much more talking with less action than Heretics. As others have said it feels almost like the whole story is unfinished but Frank died after this one was published so we'll never know what happened to the characters after (if he planned on more). Even though it feels semi- unfinished, it doesn't end on a giant cliffhanger. You want more but maybe this was his plan all along, 6 books.
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Nearly 4,500 pages later and I finished the Dune series... I could read another 10,000 pages of this universe. It ended on such an unfair cliff hanger. RIP to Frank Herbert, I wish you would’ve had more time. Thank you for a wonderful and unforgettable ride. If we could only have a “ghola” of you.
What a fantastic ending.
Although this was not the planned ending for the series, for me, it ended off in a good manner. I loved the ending of the bene gesserit, and the planet of arrakis, and everything in between. Such a good story.
Although this was not the planned ending for the series, for me, it ended off in a good manner. I loved the ending of the bene gesserit, and the planet of arrakis, and everything in between. Such a good story.
This one was pretty good, but I would say that books 1-4 are really the true Dune books, perhaps even only 1-3. This 6th book, and the 5th, both feel like a different book series. So for this specific book, I thought it was decent - there is again this new fixation on sex that wasn’t present in 1-3. I thought that there were more interesting things going on in this book vs Heretics.
I do like the plot that the Dune series has overall, because I think it’s fairly unique. You have a beloved and revered messiah (Paul) who actually ends up being a horrible person, responsible for slaughtering billions of people. Then you have his son, who is feared and hated as a tyrant by many and yet he saves humanity as a whole, at the sacrifice of his own reputation and humanity. I find this very interesting, and this concept sadly ends - more or less - in book 4.
I do like the plot that the Dune series has overall, because I think it’s fairly unique. You have a beloved and revered messiah (Paul) who actually ends up being a horrible person, responsible for slaughtering billions of people. Then you have his son, who is feared and hated as a tyrant by many and yet he saves humanity as a whole, at the sacrifice of his own reputation and humanity. I find this very interesting, and this concept sadly ends - more or less - in book 4.