mynameisreek's reviews
40 reviews

What a delightful, goofy little book. Definitely not the most put together plot, but it does its job well of creating a vehicle for the jokes to flow, and man do they land consistently. Ridiculous to an excess, but enjoyable the whole time.

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Loved Stephen Fry's work, truly an iconic choice. This is celebrity voice acting done right.

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Just a classic. It's incredible seeing how much this book influenced modern Sci-Fi after having finished it, and even more impressive how it largely holds up despite how much some of it's core themes have been used in future media. Many older pieces of media feel "cliche" despite being the progenitor of the cliche due to them being only the first iteration of it. Dune, on the other hand, feels more nuanced and compelling in its cautionary tale of the dangers of religion as a political tool and the fall of a hero than most media that have come after it. Frank Hebert was cooking hard on this book, and I am truly jazzed to read the sequels.

I also think the audio book was also voiced so well, with one major gripe. Several of the main characters had their own voice actor, but only on certain chapter, which made it somewhat jarring, especially due to how well cast the characters were. In a strange twist, the audio book suffers from its phenomenal casting. The Baron Harkkonen in particular has what I felt was a perfect casting, being sinister yet calm in his conversations, and Everytime the general narrator took over, I only felt myself missing what I felt was a far better choice. Obviously no hate to the overall narrator, he also does a great job, but having two voices for half the cast just felt awkward at times.

Monkey