A review by demonxore
Dune by Frank Herbert

adventurous challenging inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

3.25

I first read this in the summer between 9th and 10th grade and was floored at how comprehensive and rich Herbert's world is. I read it again maybe 5 years later, and now for the third time as an almost-40. Still pretty darn good on the third run, although I'm looking at it with a more cantankerously critical eye than I did in my whimsical youth. There's too much "tell-me-what-you're-going-to-tell-me, tell-me, tell-me-what-you-told-me" handholding going on that I guess I appreciated when I was young. C'est la vie, at least it's still quite entertaining. (And of course the book trounces the movie (any version) any day of the week.)