Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

8 reviews

njthk's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

Leto wasn't the only one on a Spice Trip.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, and Body horror

Minor: Incest

emmaopaline's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, Suicide, and Infertility

camelliagwerm's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Think I might have lost a few too many braincells reading this one, lads 🫡

Absolutely insane stuff and I'm not sure if that's a compliment. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicide

Minor: Incest, Fatphobia, and Adult/minor relationship

librarycowboy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, War, Murder, Genocide, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Infidelity, Addiction, Ableism, Slavery, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Suicide, Cultural appropriation, and Body horror

Minor: Incest

dannilmp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

2.0

The third installment in the Dune series, and once again we start off with a sizeable time skip from the last events of Dune Messiah. The focus has shifted from Paul and his psychic abilities to his two children and their psychic abilities compared to their aunts capabilities. Once again this book involves another struggle for the Atredies to try and keep the throne from other families hands. 

This series is starting to feel as though its dragging its heels now, I'm not sure we needed a third installment at all? It seems the character writing becomes sloppier the more books we progress through. If I'm being honest, I don't like either of the twins characters and this is not something that will change over the course of the rest of the series I'm sure. There was nothing really that captivated me about Children of Dune and I'll only be continuing the series because there's nothing worse than leaving a series half read.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Murder, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: War

piremd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide and Murder

Minor: Incest

f18's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Cursing and Incest

amalyndb's review

mysterious slow-paced

I've read it before, long ago. This reread was library ebook. Libby app tells me that i had it open for 11 hours as i returned it back to the library. Parts got skimmed, when the words felt too verbose and dragging and monologue. They don't have the next one as ebook alas- it's been too long for me to remember the plot of the next  and whether i will remember this plot when i get to the next book remains to be seen.

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide