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halloweep 's review for:
Dune Messiah
by Frank Herbert
This book is difficult to talk about!
Dune: Messiah is a tonal left-turn from Dune, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Messiah did a great job of expanding on the world and answering some of my smaller questions about the world/concepts while still throwing in enough new information to not get stale. It's not nearly as action-packed as the first, but the politics, religious themes, and great character work were interesting enough to keep me engaged.
I will say that I feel like this book seems to age a bit worse than Dune in a few ways, especially in how it presents its female characters and a few weird scenes overall. Some scenes are reaaaaaally weird.
I keep wavering between giving it a 3 or a 4. I'm sure my opinion will solidify as I read more of the series, but for now I'd give it a 3 because of some of the more out-of-pocket moments. Also, I have no idea how this would be adapted for the screen.
Dune: Messiah is a tonal left-turn from Dune, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Messiah did a great job of expanding on the world and answering some of my smaller questions about the world/concepts while still throwing in enough new information to not get stale. It's not nearly as action-packed as the first, but the politics, religious themes, and great character work were interesting enough to keep me engaged.
I will say that I feel like this book seems to age a bit worse than Dune in a few ways, especially in how it presents its female characters and a few weird scenes overall. Some scenes are reaaaaaally weird.
I keep wavering between giving it a 3 or a 4. I'm sure my opinion will solidify as I read more of the series, but for now I'd give it a 3 because of some of the more out-of-pocket moments. Also, I have no idea how this would be adapted for the screen.