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Dune by Frank Herbert

58 reviews

leeyongjin's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Genocide, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Slavery

nils_0's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

phantomgecko's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Classic, impactful, science fiction novel but anticlimactic.

The novel before the two year time jump lives up to expectations, but the last section just seems rushed compared to the careful world building previous. (More specifics under the cut)

Take the Baron. In the beginning he really seems to be a competent and formidable enemy. Sneaky, smart, whatever. But then he becomes more and more pitiful until he's finally murdered by a literal four year old. And I get that the Emperor shows up as a bigger badder guy™, but still. Underwhelming.

The Emperor only gets to be the bigger badder guy for like half a chapter anyway. Ostensibly he gets to return as the antagonist in later books.

I understand that Paul is a literal CHOSEN ONE and all that, but he's pretty OP. Being able to molecularly change a poison administered to him seems like cheating.

Also not a big fan of Paul's son dying. I feel like that was needlessly depressing. Character development or whatever bs.

idk, I guess the takeaway is that this is not a strong standalone novel. It's impotent without the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Pedophilia, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War

bo0kf4n2's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Genocide, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Colonisation

macliffe's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Torture, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Ableism and Racism

mardana's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

parenthesis_enjoyer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Genocide, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Excrement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Alcohol

the Baron is a depraved gay stereotype in the extreme

bettysbookishworld's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

Literary masterpiece! I fell in love with Arrakis so much. Herbert created another reality of this planet by establishing its own politics, race, economics, culture, religion, and environment. 

The worldbuilding is the most complex aspect of the book and described imaginaries of Arrakis fell so real. 

The political story was very compelling and engaging. The characters have complex personalities and chatacteristics. All these aspects made Dune the genre defining literary piece with a story told on the existential level of Arrakis and other planets. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Genocide, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Death of parent

luminifera's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I find some of the characters very annoying for many different reasons, but the worst for sure is Chani. She simply

has no personality outside of being Paul's love interest

, which is kind of outrageous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Vomit, and Medical content

It's about the colonization of a planet, and the main character is The Chosen One. Expect violence, war, and of course plenty of misogyny - this book is from the 1960s and was written by a man. Some things are simply offensive.

satsukiq's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, and War