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Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert

66 reviews

rem26's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

Paul deserved better

Many ppl said they didn't like this book, that it was too different from dune but I think it needed to be exactly that, it was way more focused on the characters relationships with each other and the political aspects rather than the intense world building that dune brought us. I really enjoyed Alia's chapters, her character is really interesting to me although

I hated the age gap between her and Duncan

. Anyways I give it 4,75 ⭐

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest and Pedophilia

hollowpointe's review against another edition

challenging sad tense medium-paced

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

Minor: Abandonment, Xenophobia, Suicide, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Addiction, Violence, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Confinement, Slavery, Incest, Grief, Trafficking, War, Religious bigotry, Death, Blood, Body horror, Infertility, Medical trauma, Medical content, Stalking, Child death, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

bettysbookishworld's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I really enjoy the writing style where the villains' intention is presented and then we follow the story from that point until the final resolution. I think this narrative style is what keeps me so engaged and invested in the story itself. 

I like the ending and how the whole story from Dune until the ending of Dune Messiah turned out on the whole philosophical and religious level.  

However, the only negative thing to say about the second book is how female characters were written and unfortunately, it affected my reading enjoyment. In Dune, Herbert wrote female characters as strong, independent with their own minds. Even though they had the more traditional roles in the story, they were still written well. However, I didn't like how the women were handled in Dune Messiah. Mainly Alia. I felt uncomfortable how sexualized her character was when you think about her age. Also, all of the female characters lacked their personalities from the first book and here they were just submissive and shallow, really. 

I'll probably read the next book but will read it with caution and much lower expectations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Gun violence, Death, and Genocide

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexism, Incest, and Infertility

camelliagwerm's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Frank Herbert giveth (giving me two girlbosses) and Frank Herbert taketh (pulls out some absolutely fucking insane plot points that I wish to repress forever)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility and Incest

giulianalb99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective 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

Even though this book is the shortest one of all “Dune” books, I found it so freaking dense and slow full with politic matters (that I don’t enjoy because they are boring to me) that sometimes made it difficult to read. I really liked the characters and overall it was a good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Infertility and Incest

addysongilmore's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Incest, and Pregnancy

polly_zilhaver's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Incest

kirstendo's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Incest

elizlizabeth's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

3.0

Kind of a bummer because I enjoyed Dune a lot. This one focuses on bringing some darker aspects to the saga, but the pace is so slow for such a short book that I couldn't be as into it as I was with the first book. I think the ending saved it for me, so I'll continue to read but gah this book could've been an email.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest and Adult/minor relationship

retrofuturism's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Incest