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makennadykstra 's review for:
Dune Messiah
by Frank Herbert
was expecting a lot worse given the warnings but actually really enjoyed this! thought it carried over the political cunning of book one well. ending had me 😧😧
enjoyed how it took up unexpected consequences of religious indoctrination & colonization aside from the obvious ones incl the threat to wormies when planet is rehydrated! just because something is not Your Way doesn’t mean it’s not A Way! not sure how i feel about hayt & the tleilax, lil cop-out-y, a little pandering, even a little more culturally exploitative than even the rest of herbert’s world building.
this book got me thinking about the bene gesserit as specifically empowered (which might be their own disempowerment) by their capacity to reproduce (thus manipulating genetic lines yada ya), & the stakes of a coalition of women which seek political infiltration singularly derived from the womb. gender essentialist in a way that icks me out but merits more research & exploration . meanwhile reproduction precipitates the downfall of the atreides reign … big thoughts!
enjoyed how it took up unexpected consequences of religious indoctrination & colonization aside from the obvious ones incl the threat to wormies when planet is rehydrated! just because something is not Your Way doesn’t mean it’s not A Way! not sure how i feel about hayt & the tleilax, lil cop-out-y, a little pandering, even a little more culturally exploitative than even the rest of herbert’s world building.
this book got me thinking about the bene gesserit as specifically empowered (which might be their own disempowerment) by their capacity to reproduce (thus manipulating genetic lines yada ya), & the stakes of a coalition of women which seek political infiltration singularly derived from the womb. gender essentialist in a way that icks me out but merits more research & exploration . meanwhile reproduction precipitates the downfall of the atreides reign … big thoughts!