Dune........ Oh boy. I actually really didn't enjoy this very much. Not until the early 300's anyway.
I'm not going to give you the story outline, if you haven't read it by now, there's a movie coming out & personally I think that would be a much better option.
There is so much political crap, back stabbing & back biting going on I didn't even start to enjoy the story until the early 300's when the Fremen action started to amp up. And personally, I thought the Fremen takeover was a bit too neat & tidy.
I found it really hard to relate to any of the characters, especially Paul at the end (I thought he was a real dickhead at the end of the book). The only character I really related to was Chani who we didn't really get to know. The main characters were all pretty remote (which in the Harkonen's case was a good thing but.....)
I didn't actually make the connection until I read a few other reviews cos I was a bit nervous about putting all this down since it is so popular in it's genre but Herbert did kinda portray Paul as a 'messiah'. Either Herbert wasn't a Christian or he was a catholic because I can say with a whole lot of certainty that the actual Messiah is waaaay less of a self important dickhead.
So yeah, I basically read it because I was curious, now I'm done.Show moreShow less
I'm not going to give you the story outline, if you haven't read it by now, there's a movie coming out & personally I think that would be a much better option.
There is so much political crap, back stabbing & back biting going on I didn't even start to enjoy the story until the early 300's when the Fremen action started to amp up. And personally, I thought the Fremen takeover was a bit too neat & tidy.
I found it really hard to relate to any of the characters, especially Paul at the end (I thought he was a real dickhead at the end of the book). The only character I really related to was Chani who we didn't really get to know. The main characters were all pretty remote (which in the Harkonen's case was a good thing but.....)
I didn't actually make the connection until I read a few other reviews cos I was a bit nervous about putting all this down since it is so popular in it's genre but Herbert did kinda portray Paul as a 'messiah'. Either Herbert wasn't a Christian or he was a catholic because I can say with a whole lot of certainty that the actual Messiah is waaaay less of a self important dickhead.
So yeah, I basically read it because I was curious, now I'm done. Show more Show less