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Dune

Frank Herbert

4.13 AVERAGE

ghastblaster's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging informative inspiring reflective tense medium-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

10/10, A cornerstone of Science Fiction and a masterpiece of the medium.

A grand world, engaging characters, and a war of factions the likes of which I never imagined going in.
Everything is described perfectly, it doesn't intrude, nor drag out the story, it just describes perfectly.
My only (and very slight) gripe is that the second part feels like it drags a bit in the middle, adding to, but not necessarily expanding the Fremen culture.

I watched the movie after I had finished about half the book (where the first movie ends), it is great, and incredibly pretty, but it couldn't quite translate the depths of the politics, if you have watched the movie, definitely give this a read, the first book at least.

It's astounding how much Star Wars copies from this and the Foundation series, it really is the mass market spiritual successor.

lexiconn's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

wwalsh123's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

idalguinho's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lem0ngirl's review against another edition

5.0

tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

_meganreads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging 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

I tend to read books before watching the film adaptations but I did the opposite with Dune and think this worked well. I'm not sure what my experience would have been if I didn't have the understanding from the films already, a lot of this book is telling the reader what is happening without explaining a lot. Regardless I enjoyed this book a lot and really liked the differences I already knew of from the film, so it made the book a great new experience for me. Excited to continue the series.

casperjograe's review against another edition

5.0

My husband made a deal with me: I read his favorite book if he reads mine. Well, I read his Dune book and I wasn't expecting to enjoy it as much as I did!
There's a lot I didn't understand just because I wasn't really familiar with the world outside of the movie franchise, but my husband knows all in the Dune-iverse so he helped pick up the pieces I didn't know. I will say, there's quite a bit of this book that was similar if not the same to the movies, but I was surprised at the depth of the book compared to the movie. I saw way more in the book than the movies showed, mostly having to do with the mental aspect of the Mother. I don't quite understand the religion aspect either. Still really good!