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Dune by Frank Herbert

213 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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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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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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cya_nh's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging tense medium-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

4.75

This book was absolutely amazing. The characters were so well fleshed out and I really appreciated how flawed even the main characters were. I also enjoyed the switching between perspectives, as it helped provide new perspectives on the plot. The worldbuilding was amazing, and I almost couldn’t stop reading.
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whorl_studio's review against another edition

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

4.0

Strong and complex plot with brilliant world building… but I’m so glad that the Villeneuve film adaptation has fixed the the representation of the female characters, away from sexualised / infantilised / misogynistic tropes, creating depth and agency to the individual female plot lines.
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