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apersonfromflorida's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Incest, and Suicide
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, and War
dani_reis's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Incest, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
nougatcrunch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Body horror and Torture
Minor: Suicide and Kidnapping
rachaelbunny's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Kidnapping, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Incest, Slavery, Suicide, and Death of parent
Minor: War
gvstyris's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The future remains uncertain and so it should, for it is the canvas upon which we paint our desires. Thus always the human condition faces a beautifully empty canvas.
Honestly unsure if I'll be continuing the series because Leto's development was definitely the least compelling part of Children of Dune for me, but I really enjoyed following Ghani & Alia nonetheless. Justice for Alia, though, man...and I don't even want to think about trying to explain the unhinged plot of CoD to someone unfamiliar with it.
A lot of interesting discussion here around the ecological transformation of Dune and its impact on Fremen culture, which has definitely been neglected by the 2021/4 film adaptations thus far.
I also feel like Herbert's misogyny and homophobia is becoming increasingly unbearable as the series goes on...
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Incest, Suicide, and Kidnapping
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Murder
aileron's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Colonisation
infinite_harness9030's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Self harm, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting
bergha1998's review
- 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
4.25
“The joy of living, its beauty is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you.”
“I charge you to save people. They’re more important than things.”
“To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror; to learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror.”
“Is your religion real when it cost you nothing and carries no risk? Is your religion real when you fatten upon it? Is your religion real when you commit atrocities in its name?”
“People, not commercial organizations or chains of command, are what make great civilizations work. Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces.”
“That humans can endure only in a fraternity of social justice.”
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
miagw962's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
"Stop trying to pull me once more into the background, Sister."
After much deliberation, I have decided to give Children of Dune 4 stars instead of my originally planned 3.5 because looking back at some of the things I tabbed, I think I liked it a lot. I think the beginning is stronger than the ending (I did get a little lost there) but I was really happy to return to the world of Dune once again. I love everything that happened with the twins and Alia but I'm kind of mad about what they did with some of the other characters (Duncan, you deserved better). Some of it seemed a little haphazardly put together as opposed to the other Dune novels. That's kind of what I was expecting. But yeah, I think overall I really did enjoy it. I just love Frank Herbert's writing. I am excited to get to the next one (it might take a while lol) even if it's not the best thing I've ever read. They're still fun.
Moderate: Violence and Kidnapping