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Good evening, /lit/.
I'm not one of you, so my tastes are probably considered plebeian. However, I hope that you can still give me some advice. I just finished reading pic related, and I quite enjoyed it. I found the start to be a little slow, but when the pace picked up all the worldbuilding really started to pay off.
I was eager to jump into the sequel, but then I heard some *very* mixed reviews of it, and I'm not quite sure whether it's worth my time. Although other voices are saying the bad reviews are just because people don't like seeing their hero turn into a villain.
So, is Dune Messiah a decent book, or does it deserve the lower ratings it gets?
Also Dune general I suppose.
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Dune Messiah is a good book. It's a very interesting direction to take the Hero and the victory that hero claimed in the first Dune book.
I'm reading Children of Dune right now and I'm not sure if it's really worth it.
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>>8457987
It's worth it for God Emperor of Dune.
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>>8458733
I doubt that at this point. The worst part of Children of Dune is the explaining of Leto's abilities and the meaningless explanations of the motions his consciousness goes through and the vague plotting of some plan that no one in the book understands. I hear God Emperor is not much different and actually more of that stuff.
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>>8458733
there's always that one guy with terrible taste, who thinks the god emperor of dune is good
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>>8457967
The first Dune is the best in the series, but you can hop off the Dune train any time you want. There is no epic conclusion, and it begins to get so esoteric that you don't really mind leaving the story wherever you leave it at. You should read Messsiah, and if you like it just keep going.
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>>8458903
This.
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