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It's hard to review this book. It's certainly an epic Sci-Fi fantasy but that doesn't completely cover it. It's about religion. politics, family, loyalty, the environment - so many things!
I found it a claustrophobic read. You're presented with limited views of events at any one time. While Paul is with the Fremen - what is going on elsewhere? You hear, only distantly, of events around Arrakis. I can't quite get to grips with how I feel about this book. It's amazing and insidiously clever in so ...more
I found it a claustrophobic read. You're presented with limited views of events at any one time. While Paul is with the Fremen - what is going on elsewhere? You hear, only distantly, of events around Arrakis. I can't quite get to grips with how I feel about this book. It's amazing and insidiously clever in so ...more
So I read this largely because my niece Sarah has to read it in school and by chance we ran across the movie in a thrift store and bought it for her as a joke. We ended up watching it with her and man, was that an experience. It was so weird. Like, beyond weird.
And so next the book - especially since a new miniseries is coming out next year.
I both liked and was bored by the book. The political intrigue and the ecology elements did fascinate me, but I’m not sure what to take from the parallels ...more
And so next the book - especially since a new miniseries is coming out next year.
I both liked and was bored by the book. The political intrigue and the ecology elements did fascinate me, but I’m not sure what to take from the parallels ...more
It was okay. Not the greatest
3.5
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