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Dune by Frank Herbert

59 reviews

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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lonelylooper's review against another edition

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

4.0


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abicaro17's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

All I have to say is the Atreides aura is real.

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stindex's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? No

4.0


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s4rahh's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? No

4.25

I loved it. Really good written, the authors style fitts well. A komplex world

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jomojobo's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark reflective 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

4.25


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kergo's review against another edition

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adventurous inspiring mysterious slow-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? Yes

4.75


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itsjustnxkki's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

World building was a bit confusing at first but the pace is slow enough that it makes more sense as you get further into the book. The story is captivating and the writing style is enjoyable.

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jester_k's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging slow-paced

2.5

I wanted to like this mainly because my Dad loved it when he read it as a teen. But the story was so slow-moving that it didn't grip me and I didn't find the glossary til right at the end so a lot of things went way over my head. The Harkonnens are depicted as disgustingly evil but the fact they have slaves and enjoy murder and rape is put on a level with the fact that the Baron is... just fat. It's constantly focused on to show how gross he is and I struggled to enjoy the rest of the book with this deep-seated fatphobia. 

Also, Paul starts the book being kind and compassionate and ends up becoming an awful tyrant so I stopped being able to root for him at all. I'm sure that's part of the point but it didn't leave me with any characters to enjoy the perspective of. Then he won and it was mostly just depressing.

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jonssweater's review against another edition

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

3.0


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