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DV’s movies are some of my most viewed and all time favorites and it is fascinating to see the liberties he took with the story, especially compared to the other two adaptations I also watched last year. Though that is said with the note that he actually improved on the story, its flow, and its stakes in many ways.
While there is no shortage of emotion or tension in this book, DV’s changes to some characters and some order of operations found ways to modernize the story and up the stakes in some cases.
The book itself is clearly one of the most influential pieces of sci-fi ever written, and I’m sure there is more to be gained from second and third readings - which I hope to do at some point. For now though, the only thing keeping this from that 5 star rating is exactly that; that the thought of re-reading this feels like too daunting of an undertaking to consider any time soon.
Now reading Dune: Messiah on the other hand is something I cannot wait to get done.
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, War
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence
Minor: Cursing, Abandonment
I may still give Dune Messiah a try, it's only 300 pages and I'm curious now. But not yet, I need a break. Although the elation I feel at finishing a book that for the last 50% felt like a chore to read that had sat unread on my bookshelf for 20 years is pretty sweet.
TLDR? 20% excellent, 30% awful, 25% mid and 25% interesting.
Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Genocide, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, War
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide
Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Incest, Pedophilia, Pregnancy
Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, War
Moderate: Addiction, Genocide, Mental illness, Sexism
Minor: Toxic relationship, Islamophobia
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, War
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Pregnancy
Graphic: Violence, War
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Genocide, Sexism, Sexual violence, Excrement, Pregnancy, Colonisation
Graphic: Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Racism, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War
Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Slavery, Blood, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief
Minor: Child death, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Pregnancy
Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Colonisation, War
Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Death of parent
Minor: Fatphobia, Pedophilia
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Genocide
Minor: Child death, Grief