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Dune by Frank Herbert

200 reviews

celina246's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

this book was a bit hard for me to rate because on the one hand, I can’t deny that the idea behind it is brilliant and it’s lauded for a good reason. On the other hand, it could be very slow and difficult and I’ve never taken so long to read a book before. And it gave me a months long reading slump. Still, none of that made it a bad book in my eyes, it was just very dense. 

It helped a bit to remember when it was written. 
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abbeyelizo's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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baranskocracy's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Thank you to Luke for the loan.

Dune is, I regret to report, exactly as good as everyone says. The worldbuilding, moral grayness, and mix of science and politics with mysticism and religion is absolutely stunning.

The loss of a quarter-star is only because I found myself wishing, as I read on, that the book had been split fully into its three constituent parts. In books two and three especially, I found myself unaware of some occurence and feeling that some plotlines had rushed to conclusions without full development. Those are issues to explore in a reread, though, and there absolutely will be one.

Incredible - reccomend!

- This is my first fiction review so I don't have a rhythm yet. Felt cute but might add to it later lol-
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izzygreads's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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krandelzhofer's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense slow-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes

0.75

This is not my kind of book, and it didn’t hold my interest. I should have approached it with a better attitude.  
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scotttwx's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A perfect treatise on many different topics including religion, power, inequality, ecology, and political conflict.
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hazellikestoread's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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siblingsofthevoid's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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rsefthi's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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karlin0336's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is an absolute masterpiece.  Rarely have I read a book that takes place in such a well-developed setting, with such great characters, and with so much depth to it.  Yes, it is long.  Yes, it's descriptive.  But I believe these things make it even better.  It's perfect as a standalone, but also is the perfect start to the epic series that is the Dune Chronicles.  This truly is the Lord of the Rings of the Science Fiction genre.

On a second readthrough, I only came to love it even more.  I caught on to so many things I completely missed the first time around.  Definitely has solidified itself as one of my top five favorite books of all time.
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