Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert

92 reviews

archiewastaken's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This tiny book is quite a challenging read. One can't grasp all the embedded ideas in a single read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest

owenwilsonbaby's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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‘I live in an apocalyptic dream. My steps fit into it so precisely that I fear most of all I will grow bored reliving the thing so exactly.’

Why was the end of Paul’s arc so filler-y? Some great character beats but this took me so long to read and frequently lost me along the way. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Incest, Infertility, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

mollymoll44's review against another edition

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Yiokes at the incest.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest

nanostobie's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Incest

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Murder, War

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

viktoriann's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, War

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

perseusj4ckson's review against another edition

2.5

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nothing… happened ??

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Incest

randirush's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Incest, Infertility

emma_lynn_writes's review against another edition

2.5

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I've heard some say that they like Dune Messiah more than the first one. I'm not one of them. I hoped it would provide more insight into character motivations, but I found that it lacked not only that insight, but also grounded action. I was lost in the author's convoluted (though often beautiful) writing, and was left with more questions than answers.

What happened in the jihad? Why does Paul feel unable to change the future? What specific actions do others want him to take to improve things?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Incest

gremlingorl's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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They took my fucking eyes, Pooh

Saint Alia of the Knife, you will always be famous (to me).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Abortion