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brigarian's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Genocide, Homophobia, Incest, and Sexism
shart_garfunkel's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I'll start by saying that Dune (and Messiah) is my favorite book, and the universe that Frank Herbert created is one of my special interests. That being said, this book was filled to the brim with the rantings of a tyrant, and that famous Herbert Homophobia reared its ugly head in this story. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing what the world and universe looked like long after Leto II undertook his Golden Path, but it was pretty...boring. These assassination attempts that every guild and organization tried simply didn't work until they suddenly needed to. The climax of the story and the last few chapters were the most intriguing and gripping parts of the story for me, and it did make all of the nonsense that happened before worth it, but I would not recommend it to people who have a casual interest in the Dune series; read no further than Children of Dune.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia
sarah_tani's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Murder
thebillyseguire's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Homophobia
njthk's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
1.5
No Leto, I wouldn't love you if you were a worm. (I NEVER LOVED YOU)
This certainly was... something. There was maybe one profound sentence every 100 pages but everything else was so strange. There was so much odd, sexual stuff it was really off-putting.Nayla having that f*cking orgasm out of nowhere because she watched Duncan climb?The Fishspeakers in general?!
Everything that was more subtle in previous installments is now *jumping* into my face.
And I swear, if Letos non-existent genitalia would have gotten mentioned *one* more time, I would have thrown that book away.
This certainly was... something. There was maybe one profound sentence every 100 pages but everything else was so strange. There was so much odd, sexual stuff it was really off-putting.
Everything that was more subtle in previous installments is now *jumping* into my face.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Body horror
draven_deathcrush's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I liked this more than Children of Dune, but still less than Dune Messiah. I really loved the beginning because of the journal/interview format, the middle was kinda boring, and I liked the ending because everyone that needed to die, died! Overall, not terrible.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Homophobia, and Violence
Moderate: Death and Misogyny
Minor: Incest
maxbauermann's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Sexism
ceciliareading's review against another edition
2.75
the rampant homophobia and sexism in this one was too much for me
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Sexism
karolina_kat's review against another edition
1.0
The book of raging homophobia and misogyny that has nothing to offer. The last 15 pages could have been a novella to tie-in the story. Instead it’s 420 pages of rambling of questionable quality.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Xenophobia