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Dune by Frank Herbert

170 reviews

viktoriann's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Pregnancy, Violence, Sexual harassment, Death, Death of parent, Sexism, Colonisation, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, War, and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Addiction, Grief, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Incest, Slavery, Cursing, and Misogyny

kim_lommaert's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, Drug use, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Blood

ruin_and_ending's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, War, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Slavery

theeo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

Finally it’s over.. this took me way too long to finish. I have pretty mixed feelings about it but I think I was biased towards the films from the beginning anyway, having watched both part 1 and 2 before reading.
I see why it’s such a classic, the world building is so in-depth and grand. I can’t put my finger on what I disliked though - I just found myself forcing myself to pick it up, and not particularly looking forward to it.
I’m glad I’ve finished it now, i was determined to get through it. Maybe I’ll try it again one day and will love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia

Minor: Violence, Incest, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, and War

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Misogyny, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Torture

carriehaley89's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Drug use, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Rape

nyxlikesbook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Drug use, War, and Colonisation

Minor: Pedophilia, Slavery, Addiction, Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Fatphobia

timmytunter's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Suicide, Genocide, Torture, Violence, and War

hey_al's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I started Dune after watching the films. I'm so glad I did. As an avid fantasy reader, I wasn't turned off by the length and world building- I live for that shit. I can't wait to read more. It's not a feel good story. It's extremely heavy, but not in a graphic violence way(not Dune, anyway). I particularly love the way Herbert has written religion and the way lore spreads through people groups and shapes their futures. It's chilling, to say the least. It's not perfect- I don't love the way Herbert writes the Baron (feels fatphobic and homophobic, ugh) and I struggled with the way he sidelined Chani. But it's worth a read especially if you're into sci-fi/fantasy purely for how his work shaped future sci Fi in particular.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Violence, Drug use, Slavery, War, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Racism, Grief, and Genocide

rachaelbunny's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Xenophobia, Fatphobia, Genocide, Sexism, Torture, Colonisation, Death, Trafficking, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, and Slavery