Scott Newman answers “Why does the first book has so many more...”

Guilherme Lima asked this question about Dune Messiah (Dune #2):

Why does the first book has so many more rating than this one? Don't people care about this book?

Scott Newman Having finished reading it on my re-read of the series I think there are a couple of things at play:

1) I suspect for any series there will statistical…moreHaving finished reading it on my re-read of the series I think there are a couple of things at play:

1) I suspect for any series there will statistically be less people who read subsequent books. Very few people would start with book 2 while not all the people who read book 1 will carry through. Pick any series and that is likely the case.

2) There is a definite tonal shift from Dune to Dune Messiah with Dune being quite action packed with this scrappy super-powered "underdog" while Dune Messiah has minimal action and tackles a number of cerebral themes and messages to the reader.

3) I also wonder how many people who read Dune did so because it is a classic and actually do not like science fiction. Tick that classic off the list with no need to follow through?(less)

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