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A review by readingal07
Dune by Frank Herbert
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-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? It's complicated
4.0
Phenomenal story. The world building in the story is incredibly strong and effective. I usually am not a fan of politics but Herbert's writing just drew me in and I was truly invested in these characters and the world as a whole.
I love the complexity of Herbert's characters as well as the complexity of their relationships with each other. It seems that no relationship between two people in this story is cut-and-paste; every relationship had depth and meaning and complications of it's own.
My favourite characters were Lady Jessica, Dr Kynes and Feyd-Rautha (but he lost me in the last chapter.)
One character that I don't think got her fair shot, was Chani.She starts off as this independent, strong-willed and capable woman, showing that she may be able to best Paul if she wanted to. But she soon turns into nothing but his woman. She loses all agency and her sole purpose becomes to love and essentially worship Paul.
While I did love this book; there were many parts of frustration and/or disgust. Within 20 pages of each other, there were two separate occasions of fully-grown adult women wanting to sleep with, marry and/or have babies with teenage boys! I think we all find the Baron's "tastes" to be disgusting. And the last chapter lost it for me.Feyd-Rautha's language towards the women in the room was off-putting. The language used to talk about Princess Irulan was also distasteful.
But over all, much of the book was intriguing and thrilling and had my attention through-out.
I love the complexity of Herbert's characters as well as the complexity of their relationships with each other. It seems that no relationship between two people in this story is cut-and-paste; every relationship had depth and meaning and complications of it's own.
My favourite characters were Lady Jessica, Dr Kynes and Feyd-Rautha (but he lost me in the last chapter.)
One character that I don't think got her fair shot, was Chani.
While I did love this book; there were many parts of frustration and/or disgust. Within 20 pages of each other, there were two separate occasions of fully-grown adult women wanting to sleep with, marry and/or have babies with teenage boys! I think we all find the Baron's "tastes" to be disgusting. And the last chapter lost it for me.
But over all, much of the book was intriguing and thrilling and had my attention through-out.