A review by edazreads
Dune by Frank Herbert

3.0

One thing that stood out to me in Dune is the world. It is intricate (and complicated!) and feels like Herbert was inspired by a real place. This is my first time reading a book in the sci-fi genre and after reading what is considered to be a classic of the genre I am disappointed to say this book was not for me. I found it hard to connect with the characters, they were bland to me. As well, the writing was eh. It took me out of the story multiple times. I felt like unnecessary details were added and that dragged the whole book down. The amount of information thrown at me in just the first 50-100 pages was…. overwhelming! While reading I had the cast of characters list open on my phone and kept referring to the appendix to check the terminology etc. It felt more like I was reading a textbook for school than fiction.