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A review by andreia
Dune by Frank Herbert
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
this is not a very high 4 stars, but i couldn't possibly rate it less than that
i was expecting this to be a really dense read but was actually pleasantly surprised by how much i enjoyed it! there's a lot of dialogue which i loved, especially because that meant we got to know the world of arrakis through conversations instead of long paragraphs of info-dumping. i can honestly say i didn't feel like there was any info-dumping throughout the whole story, which of course means the first 100 pages or so are absolute chaos to understand and follow, but once you get used to everything it gets really exciting
dune is divided into 3 parts, with the last one taking place 2 years after the previous events. this is where the story lost me a bit, i felt like the excitement i'd had before to keep reading was suddenly gone. way too many chapters that you could take out and it wouldn't make a difference to the overall story. the ending was really anti-climactic as well, it is way too fast-paced which does not match the rest of the book, and it ends so abruptly just when things were finally starting to get interesting for part 3
if it weren't for the filler chapters and the lackluster part 3, this would probably have been a 5 stars. i'm so hyped for the movie now you wouldn't believe, i've watched the trailer like 100 times
i was expecting this to be a really dense read but was actually pleasantly surprised by how much i enjoyed it! there's a lot of dialogue which i loved, especially because that meant we got to know the world of arrakis through conversations instead of long paragraphs of info-dumping. i can honestly say i didn't feel like there was any info-dumping throughout the whole story, which of course means the first 100 pages or so are absolute chaos to understand and follow, but once you get used to everything it gets really exciting
dune is divided into 3 parts, with the last one taking place 2 years after the previous events. this is where the story lost me a bit, i felt like the excitement i'd had before to keep reading was suddenly gone. way too many chapters that you could take out and it wouldn't make a difference to the overall story. the ending was really anti-climactic as well, it is way too fast-paced which does not match the rest of the book, and it ends so abruptly just when things were finally starting to get interesting for part 3
if it weren't for the filler chapters and the lackluster part 3, this would probably have been a 5 stars. i'm so hyped for the movie now you wouldn't believe, i've watched the trailer like 100 times