Dune Messiah

sirmarcoserra@lore.livellosegreto.it hat Messia di Dune von Frank Herbert besprochen

Meno travolgente del primo capitolo della saga

3,0 stars

La scrittura è in alcuni punti ancora più sfumata rispetto a Dune (specie in corrispondenza degli episodi di "prescienza") ma questo rende a parer mio la lettura un po' macchinosa. Nonostante ciò resta un romanzo epico-scifi di valore assoluto, con elementi narrativi che ho trovato molto interessanti ed uno sviluppo dei personaggi quasi impeccabile (forse, solo un po' troppo veloce in alcuni passaggi). Leggerò di sicuro almeno il terzo capitolo.

jwentz@bookwyrm.social hat Dune Messiah von Frank Herbert besprochen (Dune (2))

Dune Messiah Review: Good Continuation, Similar Narrative Style

3,0 stars

Much like the first book, I found myself completely absorbed and unable to put it down at the end. The story coalesces much like Paul's prescience, intricately fitting the pieces together to complete the final grand picture. Paul undergoes significant character development between books and during this one; despite this story being perceived as a "bridge" I found his contrast and perspectives intriguing for the overarching narrative.

That said, it's slow to start, and being shorter there was less action/movement than the first. It's riddled with the deep political intrigue we expect, but most of the story is told through dialogue instead of action. It was impossible to put down when in the mood for something deep, but more reprieve would help.

Overall a very worthwhile read... just a bit slow!

Pierre hat Dune Messiah von Frank Herbert besprochen (Dune, #2)

Lost in the Spice Trance

3,0 stars

Inhaltswarnung Plot Spoilers

I read dune Messiah a few months back and am taking time to reflect as I just finished Children of Dune (the third book in the series). Overall, I was pretty disappointed in Dune Messiah. To me, the plot and characters marked a stark departure from the first book and I was pretty much lost the whole time. Herbert’s prose even though aesthetically pleasing, especially to me since he tends to borrow a lot of french words to describe the etiquette or customs related to the emperor and empire, gets really confusing especially in passages describing the spice melange and spice trance. I was taken aback by seeing a character, Paul Atreides, stuck in his progression. Maybe that’s what Herbert wanted to convey in Dune Messiah, but I felt like the character had phenomenal power and super powers yet the story failed to show how he was using them and to which end he wanted to use them. It also felt to me like the characters lacked individual personality. They seem to all speak in the same way and interact in similar fashion.

I’m rating 3/5 for the world building and the lore but overall was not pleased by the general plot.

René hat Dune Messiah von Frank Herbert besprochen (Dune, #2)

Without words

5,0 stars

I don’t know how but this book was so impactful to me, probably more than the original

Martin Kopischke hat Dune Messiah von Frank Herbert besprochen (Dune, #2)

This could have been good

2,0 stars

“Oof”, that was all I could think of on finishing this. Having failed to muster the interest to do this 35 years or so ago, I have, post-movie, finally caved to the fan recommendations that one “must simply” read this and the next two, at the very least.

What shall I say? 35 years ago me was right on gut judgment and the assessment of entertainment value. Herbert might have intended the Dune cycle to be a meditation on power and Messianic figures from the start, or he might simply have known a good thing when he saw it and milked the success of the first book, but there is a reason why Dune the book is an absolute classic, and Dune the series is for fanpeople* only. The writing is good and moody, but the whole thing is strung out far beyond what the flimsy structure …

“Oof”, that was all I could think of on finishing this. Having failed to muster the interest to do this 35 years or so ago, I have, post-movie, finally caved to the fan recommendations that one “must simply” read this and the next two, at the very least.

What shall I say? 35 years ago me was right on gut judgment and the assessment of entertainment value. Herbert might have intended the Dune cycle to be a meditation on power and Messianic figures from the start, or he might simply have known a good thing when he saw it and milked the success of the first book, but there is a reason why Dune the book is an absolute classic, and Dune the series is for fanpeople* only. The writing is good and moody, but the whole thing is strung out far beyond what the flimsy structure is able to carry, a novella forcibly, and painfully, stretched to full novel length. It feels “like butter scraped over too much bread”, to quote an author who knew how to really make things last.

Which begs the question: what am I going to do with the next two novels, which I bought cheap and blind? Do bits rot if they are never read?

Salagubang hat Dune Messiah von Frank Herbert besprochen (Dune, #2)

Review of 'Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles, #2)' on 'Storygraph'

4,3 stars

Definitely a good follow-up to Dune. I appreciate that Usul remained a Fremen and hope to see him in Children of Dune.

Andy

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17. Januar 2024

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