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Dune Messiah (Dune, #2) - Community Reviews back

by Frank Herbert
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Julian Meynell's Books
Julian Meynell's Books rated it 12 years ago
It is an OK sequel. I am not a giant fan of Herbert's prose style and I don't think that the book is as deep as it thinks it is. I prefer books which are pretending to be less deep than they really are.I think that I will at some point read the third book because I've heard that the first three ma...
ChelseaWriteNow
ChelseaWriteNow rated it 13 years ago
I wish Paul would just answer a question instead of talking in circles. And I wish Bijaz didn't have any dialogue. And I wish there were more action. Oh well.
meganbaxter
meganbaxter rated it 13 years ago
I found Dune Messiah to be more accessible than Dune, which isn't to say I didn't enjoy Dune. But it was dense, and felt sometimes a little too much like he was trying to emulate the faux-history style of Asimov's Foundation, but not quite as well. Dune Messiah is more written as fiction, and so the...
A Man With An Agenda
A Man With An Agenda rated it 14 years ago
I've avoided the sequels to 'Dune' before this because I was afraid something would go wrong. And, to an extent, something did. 'Dune Messiah' lacks a lot of the action that helped move the original along, its replaced by a lot of philosophizing and talk talk talk talk talk. The chapter headings als...
caseyreads
caseyreads rated it 14 years ago
After re-reading Dune recently, I decided to finally get around to reading Dune Messiah - the sequel to Dune and the bridge to Children of Dune. Unfortunately, Dune Messiah is a whole lot of standing around and talking for the entire book. It took me a long time to read because I just couldn't find ...
NinthWanderer
NinthWanderer rated it 15 years ago
A little weaker than the first book, but still enjoyable.
Manny Rayner's book reviews
Manny Rayner's book reviews rated it 51 years ago
You know what it's like. Every decision seems so obviously sensible, but one thing just leads to another. We've all had it happen to us.So, last time I had my family murdered by our hereditary enemies, I went into hiding in the desert too, and linked up with the tough native fighters there. I mean, ...
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