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noahjmack's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-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
4.0
lestatsdelight's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
É um livro incrível dentro da saga e eu me empolguei bastante pelo formato mais focado em diálogos (o que fez a compreensão ser melhor, também). Não esperava esse final.
emaciated_dragon's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
reflective
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
4.5
meagan_young's review against another edition
3.0
So much philosophizing and cringey sexualizing. I liked the Dune series, but I could barely get through this. I had to accept that I didn’t know what was going on and try not to understand every ramble Leto went on, just let the audio play through until something picked up my attention again. Maybe one day I’ll come back to it when my brain works better and I have the patience to sit with it.
benjpalmer's review against another edition
3.0
Probably more a 3.5/5 than a 3
I adore Dune and the Dune world that Frank Herbert came up with. God Emperor is a really wild, cool story that’s wrapped in what can make Dune a real tough slog for a lot of people, and that’s Herbert sort of waxing poetic about whatever comes to mind through his characters.
There are plenty of chapters in this book that do very little to move the plot forward. That’s not always a bad thing, sometimes they can be interesting discussions, but in a book that’s many hundreds of pages, some of those conversations had me thinking “okay, so why are we doing this?”
That being said, what *does* happen in the book is really cool, and I’ll admit that the last quarter or so of the book had me really engaged. It’s just some of the middle pets that can be a tough row to hoe.
I adore Dune and the Dune world that Frank Herbert came up with. God Emperor is a really wild, cool story that’s wrapped in what can make Dune a real tough slog for a lot of people, and that’s Herbert sort of waxing poetic about whatever comes to mind through his characters.
There are plenty of chapters in this book that do very little to move the plot forward. That’s not always a bad thing, sometimes they can be interesting discussions, but in a book that’s many hundreds of pages, some of those conversations had me thinking “okay, so why are we doing this?”
That being said, what *does* happen in the book is really cool, and I’ll admit that the last quarter or so of the book had me really engaged. It’s just some of the middle pets that can be a tough row to hoe.
bandrs's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
2.5
die6die's review against another edition
5.0
A giant immortal worm/man/penis spouting pretentious nonsense about destiny and government, surrounded by his loyal Fish Speakers and Museum Fremen? What's not to love?
beatrizjsimoes's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
canaransu's review against another edition
4.0
Golden Path or the most dangerous fuck/marry/kill game (Duncan Idaho sperms sold separately)
rianreads's review against another edition
3.0
Frank Herbert has an incredible ability to really make you think. This novel contains profound themes surrounding the meaning of humanity, the limits of established civilization, and what it means to sacrifice for the greater good.
In Children of Dune, Leto II saw his Golden Path as the only way that humanity can survive from its given course. (Think Dr. Strange at the beginning of Infinity War: “I went forward in time. To see the alternate futures. Our chances are 14,000,605/1.”) After viewing what is to come, Leto made the decision to become part-sandworm and exchange his own humanity for an inhuman perspective on the world—one that allows him to hold humanity on a leash as a “benevolent” tyrant. He regulates every facet of every life and though he fosters peace, stagnancy and joylessness are festering amongst the population. Rebel groups are starting to form, and the leader of one such group is Siona Atreides, a long descendant of Leto II’s sister Ghanima. Once she gets her hands on the God Emperor’s Journals, she sets into motion plans to overthrow the God Emperor and free civilization from the grasps of The Worm.
Herbert was truly able to set the stage for what I thought would be a grand adventure of the mind. The idea of re-emerging into the world of Dune 3,500 years in the future excited me, but there was always something lacking. It was hard to feel any connection to the characters and none of them are particularly likeable. I do not think that Herbert had any real semblance of how to write women in his novels. I wish I could say that it was ineptitude, but I venture that the honest answer lies between him being a product of his time and something more sinister. The book has an all-too-familiar conjunction of Freudian concepts and eugenics, and while Herbert does not outright endorse these concepts, he does not seem to condemn them as strongly as I would like either.
With that said, this book was able to talk about huge themes that truly do make you think, but I could not say that there were any big shocks or twists that kept me engaged. I think the only reason I finished the book was to find out how it ended.
In Children of Dune, Leto II saw his Golden Path as the only way that humanity can survive from its given course. (Think Dr. Strange at the beginning of Infinity War: “I went forward in time. To see the alternate futures. Our chances are 14,000,605/1.”) After viewing what is to come, Leto made the decision to become part-sandworm and exchange his own humanity for an inhuman perspective on the world—one that allows him to hold humanity on a leash as a “benevolent” tyrant. He regulates every facet of every life and though he fosters peace, stagnancy and joylessness are festering amongst the population. Rebel groups are starting to form, and the leader of one such group is Siona Atreides, a long descendant of Leto II’s sister Ghanima. Once she gets her hands on the God Emperor’s Journals, she sets into motion plans to overthrow the God Emperor and free civilization from the grasps of The Worm.
Herbert was truly able to set the stage for what I thought would be a grand adventure of the mind. The idea of re-emerging into the world of Dune 3,500 years in the future excited me, but there was always something lacking. It was hard to feel any connection to the characters and none of them are particularly likeable. I do not think that Herbert had any real semblance of how to write women in his novels. I wish I could say that it was ineptitude, but I venture that the honest answer lies between him being a product of his time and something more sinister. The book has an all-too-familiar conjunction of Freudian concepts and eugenics, and while Herbert does not outright endorse these concepts, he does not seem to condemn them as strongly as I would like either.
With that said, this book was able to talk about huge themes that truly do make you think, but I could not say that there were any big shocks or twists that kept me engaged. I think the only reason I finished the book was to find out how it ended.