Reviews

Dune by Frank Herbert

shiva007's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Read the book in anticipation for the movie and wow my mind is completely blown...

Such a rich world with deep themes. I don't even want to put to words how I feel about it, not even sure I know how exactly to explain? I was thoroughly immersed. Fantastic main character that makes you question right and wrong, who the heroes and villains actually are and the power of...power. Such a deep and layered political scheme. The metaphors, the feelings, the tone, the atmosphere and the ... psychosis.

Now yes there are clear and well known flaws reading this in 2024 and I do inevitably find myself comparing book and movie and blending them together. One big thing I really did not like was the way the ending of the book played out. Most of my qualms were fixed in the movie so in the end I am rating this inappropriately as the perfect blend in my mind of the book and modern movies. A true 5/5 for me and, on top of that, it has gone into my top 5 stories of all time. I would love this even as a standalone, part of me doesn't want to continue on to the next one...

emhill33's review

dark reflective tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

Very focused on religion

andyroo216's review

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.5

ginseng0815's review

adventurous mysterious 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

4.5

jamelon13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

ava1212's review

challenging 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? Yes

4.0

sbgoldone's review

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

alchinchilli's review

adventurous challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

matheus_sperb's review

adventurous inspiring relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

strawverri's review against another edition

5.0

I struggled, but worth it!!