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God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert

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guccishoestrings's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.0

This book is easily my least favorite. The transition from book 3 to book 4 will give you whiplash as many many many years have passed and nothing is the same. Leto is basically a sand worm tyrant and Duncan Idaho number 9,313 are the only returning characters from the entire series. The planet of Arrakis is no longer a desert as it is now a lush paradise (which is a transition I hate) and the imperium is still up to their tricks. I will be honest I lost track of my thoughts a few times in this book and the only parts I was invested in were the parts with Duncan Idaho. Without Duncan in this book, I probably would have checked out. I do plan on reading book 5 sometime within the year, so hopefully that book is better.

eceaydin94's review against another edition

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5.0

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miduhadi's review against another edition

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dark sad slow-paced

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

1.0

zeibeat's review against another edition

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5.0

After reading reviews around, it looked like Dune should have stayed as a trilogy and Mr. Herbert should have stopped his journey in Children.

Well, I already enjoyed previous books so much so I gave God Emperor a try and TBH this is way better than Children and Messiah.

God Emperor goes hardcore in the philosophy aspect of the series and writes a deep text on politics, freedom and purpose where Leto II, a worm-human 3.5k years old emperor plots the rebellion of its own government to save humanity from itself. This sounds outerly boring and complicated but trust me and go for it as the action, characters and situations are way better executed than previous two books. A masterpiece