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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
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
adventurous
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:
No
adventurous
slow-paced
I'm not going to bother to compare this book to its antecedent, the greatest science fiction story of all time. No one will ever be able to match Frank Herbert's style, so you can't put this book up against the original. I always felt there were more stories to be told in the Dune universe, and the authors have gone in the most obvious direction of telling the story of Paul Atreides's father Leto.
I will read the next book, but this book didn't rock my world. I felt the characters were a little hollow - they fell by the wayside in favour of plot development. I plan on reading the next book in the series but I don't have high hopes.
I will read the next book, but this book didn't rock my world. I felt the characters were a little hollow - they fell by the wayside in favour of plot development. I plan on reading the next book in the series but I don't have high hopes.
3.5
You learn how a lot of important characters from the first dune book rose to their positions 30 years before Dune took place. As Well as introducing new characters and giving more importance to some who only appear very minorly or were only referenced originally. To mention so without spoiling, The Baron, Idaho, The Old Duke Paulus Atreides, Leto 1, Lady Helena, Dr. Kinds, Empower Elrood, Emporer Shadam, Piter De Vries, Stilgar, and one of my new favorites Hasimir Fenring (Is he a weasel, ferret, or rabbit? )
This book doesn't just cover the Atreides either you learn about other houses such as the IX and Harkonnens, as well as other factions like the Navigators, Bene Gesserit,, fremen, and the "dirty" Tleilax.
The book will also go into more detail about some notable planets mainly Dune and Caladan but also the home worlds of the IX.
************ Spoilers Below *****************
Some things I curious as to why they never get mentioned that happen in this book when they seem very relevant to what happens in Dune and beyond are that Leto know that the Tleilax had a deal with the emporer, the existence of Suboids, the fall of House Vernius and the IX, members of the Bene Gesserit saw the jihad but didn't mention it, and Jessica would have seen what they did as their descendant, the murder of the old Duke which I'd get if Leto didn't announce it to the Lands Rod his first appearance, the 1000 year limit on control of Dune, the invention and use of No Field and ship, Leto's Trial, the extent to which the fremen followed Kinds and saw his as a prophet.
Some of this might be explained in the next books but some of it still doesn't make sense cause Leto 2 and Paul would know about 90 of it because of ancestral memories on the male side.
You learn how a lot of important characters from the first dune book rose to their positions 30 years before Dune took place. As Well as introducing new characters and giving more importance to some who only appear very minorly or were only referenced originally. To mention so without spoiling, The Baron, Idaho, The Old Duke Paulus Atreides, Leto 1, Lady Helena, Dr. Kinds, Empower Elrood, Emporer Shadam, Piter De Vries, Stilgar, and one of my new favorites Hasimir Fenring (Is he a weasel, ferret, or rabbit? )
This book doesn't just cover the Atreides either you learn about other houses such as the IX and Harkonnens, as well as other factions like the Navigators, Bene Gesserit,, fremen, and the "dirty" Tleilax.
The book will also go into more detail about some notable planets mainly Dune and Caladan but also the home worlds of the IX.
************ Spoilers Below *****************
Some things I curious as to why they never get mentioned that happen in this book when they seem very relevant to what happens in Dune and beyond are that Leto know that the Tleilax had a deal with the emporer, the existence of Suboids, the fall of House Vernius and the IX, members of the Bene Gesserit saw the jihad but didn't mention it, and Jessica would have seen what they did as their descendant, the murder of the old Duke which I'd get if Leto didn't announce it to the Lands Rod his first appearance, the 1000 year limit on control of Dune, the invention and use of No Field and ship, Leto's Trial, the extent to which the fremen followed Kinds and saw his as a prophet.
Some of this might be explained in the next books but some of it still doesn't make sense cause Leto 2 and Paul would know about 90 of it because of ancestral memories on the male side.
I waited.over a decade to read this book because I was afraid it wouldnt.live up to my Memories of Dune. I was very pleasantly surprised by how much enjoyed it I liked exploring the events leading to Duke Letos rise and look forward to following the next book in the series
Truly bad. The prose is childish and choppy, the characters are two dimensional and the plot plods. There's tons of needless exposition everywhere. A huge disappointment. Will not continue with the series.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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:
No
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
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