Lisa of Troy's Reviews > Dune

I've been meaning to read this but haven't mustered up the courage to do so yet :) Seeing how nearly everyone I know loves it and holds it in high regard, honestly, this intimidates me. Hopefully one day in the future I'll pick it up, and I'll remember your wonderful review and your fabulous booktube review as well :)

Your comments certainly why this was so good. I think it’s wonderful that it’s one of the best books you’ve read. Excellent review, Lisa. ✨✨✨

Kat (Books are Comfort Food) wrote: "Your comments certainly why this was so good. I think it’s wonderful that it’s one of the best books you’ve read. Excellent review, Lisa. ✨✨✨"

Thanks, Kat! It was one of those books that truly surprised me. Just didn't see that coming at all! Throughout the day, I would find myself wondering how the book was going to turn out, and I would pick it up even if I only had 5 minutes to read.

I've never seen that book

Lisa, I watched you video and commented. Thanks so much, love your blog. You are honest and funny, but tell a great story about the book. This is also a different book for me, but am going to give it a try thanks to your recommendation. Of course, I could always watch the Movie Trailor instead. LOL.

A succinct yet informative summary thank you for sharing.

Have you read/reviewed/seen any of The Expanse series by JA Corey?

Patrick wrote: "Have you read/reviewed/seen any of The Expanse series by JA Corey?"

I haven't but I am definitely going to check it out!

For years, I wanted this hardcover copy of Dune, and I finally saw it in a bookstore. It even has tinted edges. My first tinted edge!

Lisa, have you seen the 2021 movie yet? I did with a friend and she complained that the female characters weren't as strong as they were in the book. I responded that this could be a case of Kill Bill: Volume 1 in which Uma Thurman gives half a performance. Maybe I'm being too generous to Dune. I thought it was awesome.

Hi Joe! Yes, I did see the latest version of Dune. The problem with the movie is that it only showed the first half of the book, and the only thing that Chani did was twirl around in a circle which is a far cry from the book.

This is one I've always desired to read but never picked-up- thanks for sparking my interest again!

Subscribed to your channel and all the best.

This book has been and is still on my TBR🙈 LOVELY REVIEW

Undeniably my favorite sci-fi novel! This is a very good review.

the GOAT

Just like you I wasn't expecting this book to be this good; it really blew me away! I think it's literary merits are often overlooked - it's extremely well-written

It's one of the classic scifi books I haven't read yet (but I've watched all the movie adaptations). I will get around to it, one day!

I highly, highly recommend listening to the audiobook. It has a full cast, and the first chapters are kind of rough because one character will talk, but it doesn't say who the character is that is talking. At the beginning of the book, we don't know the characters well enough to know who is talking. At least with the audiobook, the voices are all different so you have a better idea of who is speaking.

I loved this one as well. Only because I like to read sci-fi books.

Loved this, cant wait to continue the series. Looking forward to part 2 of the movie as well!

I remember you having a problem with Children of Dune you were more general with your problems one of which being the characters and also you saying something along the lines of losing alot of the previous elements

no heroes, no unexpected, shocking deaths, no common goals, no building up of characters

I was wondering then what you thought of Leto II's entire journey of accepting the Golden Path his father shirked and how Paul has become a shell of his former self literally being reffered to in perspective as the preacher no longer considering himself for a whole of the book as "Paul"

What about Alia succumbing to the memories and becoming possessed

What about Stillgar essentially becoming disillusioned where previously he was a fanatic and believer of Mua'dib

and to be clear I'm also not quite a fan of Children of Dune I think the idea's concentrated in the book in terms of philosophy often border on being overtly sophist and from what I hear of the more analytical readers of Dune Herbert could have trimmed the fat whilst keeping the breadth of the themes and messages of Children of Dune

Prevously I think Herbert manages to create a opt balance between somewhat philosophical passages whilst also being quite clear and concise in the physicality of what the characters were doing

Even Messiah I find on a second read to be incredibly interesting despite it mostly being a political intrigue for the way Herbert creates tension and stimulates interest with the plots and machinations in the book and the conflict within Paul as he is forced into a path he cannot walk away from for fear of a different more horrible future for the ones he loves

Children of Dune however on second read was just a bit strenuous with trying to transmit it's ideas more directly in philosophical rants via the characters

Herbert has always been able to tell entertaining stories that help to communicate his incredibly bizarre idea's on humanity, religion, and government

I think you're judgement of Children of Dune has merit it's just the details of it that I personally can't get behind for how they seem to ignore things in the text

Also I was wondering why you mentioned "Heroes" in one of the missing elements of Dune since I've always thought Dune has no clear cut heroes the first book has Paul take the seat of Emperor and with his reign he starts a Jihad

which at conservative estimates put the Jihad's casualties at 61 billion lives, the sterilization of ninety planets, and the "demoralization" of five hundred additional worlds. Furthermore, 40 different religions were wiped out, along with their followers.

In a way you can say people like Paul or Leto are choosing the lesser of more horrific evils but that doesn't qualify them as being heroes

This was one of the worst books I've ever read.