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Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert

20 reviews

mrlsdevos's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

What a tone shift from the first book!  Honestly this one kind of went off the rails into unhinged territory in the second half.  It was a very slow political machination start and then it turns into everything falling into place depending on who did the better job at plotting and scheming...  Absolutely wild.  I don't know how I feel about it fully but I'm going to think about it for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Genocide, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

volsungreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

I think this book was far more overt about its themes than the first book, which was the intention, but with that it loses some of the elegance of Dune. Still an excellent read and I would recommend it, especially in the current times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Murder, and War

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

viktoriann's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

nyxlikesbook's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, and Abortion

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Death of parent

incandescent_ink's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug use

dakizu's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

Interesting and though-provoking companion to the first novel. Writing this review after having finished the next novel in the series (Children of Dune), I am surprised by how well this novel acts as both: An epilogue to the original Dune; and a bridge from the original into Children. The scope is lowered considerably from the first novel and the scheming and plotting becomes much more focused. One issue that I found unique to this entry in the series is the prose: The first half of the novel contains many awkward phrasings and strange sentence structures; I found myself having to reread some sentences multiple times to understand them. This issue, thankfully, seems to go away past a certain point just before the middle of the novel. It seems to me that this novel had a less intensive editing pass than the proceeding and succeeding entries, but, much like the other entries, the depth of meaning behind the words makes up for the sometimes clunky delivery. Unlike the first novel, I found the ending of this one to be fantastic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, and Suicidal thoughts

monserrot's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Blood, Abortion, and Cultural appropriation

jelliclejules's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Classism

Minor: Incest, Infertility, and Suicide