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Spring 2020 (April - Sarah's BookClub for May);
I wanted to like this book so much more than I ended up liking this book. I should have taken it as a sign, when the first time I picked it up a few months ago, I read through a few chapters (yes, all the way past the test & The Fear Speech) and then put it down because I couldn't get into it.
The next time I came back to it (post-reading all of Grishaverse in 26 days), I settled down to it as part of a plan to start knocking out some of my book cl ...more
I wanted to like this book so much more than I ended up liking this book. I should have taken it as a sign, when the first time I picked it up a few months ago, I read through a few chapters (yes, all the way past the test & The Fear Speech) and then put it down because I couldn't get into it.
The next time I came back to it (post-reading all of Grishaverse in 26 days), I settled down to it as part of a plan to start knocking out some of my book cl ...more
Surprised how much I enjoyed this scifi classic. The audio version is full-scale production, and while I could have done without all the sand-blowing-in-the-wind sound effects, overall I really enjoyed this.
I know all the ways this book and this series are wretched, but like a moron who first read this as a teenie and therefore will always defend it, here I am, loving and defending this book.
I kept going between 3 and 4 stars for this book, but in the end went higher because it is epic. I can't believe I got this far in life without reading Dune. I liked the deep world building, the mysticism and the plots within plots. I did not like the repetitive phrasing and really think Herbert could have used a stricter editor. However, I'm glad I read it and I think I'll try the other Dune books as well.
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Sep 15, 2020
Lauren
marked it as to-read
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