A different experience

Dune is possibly my favourite book of all time and opened my eyes to many things completely unexpectedly. The Dune saga is something I have read over and over. Listening to Children of Dune was actually a completely new experience of the text for me and I think I absorbed so much more than reading it by hand that I feel I've almost read a different book with a different thrust and am happy to have done so as some side characters seemed to jump into the limelight when before I had almost glossed over them and the following novel has a new gravitas for me that it didn't before.

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Very good

Very goood yes. Much recommend.
Le tradgey but good.
A bit weird sometimes when the kids talk about the smex but you know it do be what it do be.

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Enthralling

The voice acting was gripping and the story had so many twists and turns. The politics of space were handled incredibly by Herbert.

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Classic Dune saga

I enjoyed the storyline, with the typical twists. I felt in some places a little drawn out, and the end was rushed. However, as i said I enjoyed another part of the saga.

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brilliant audio book

I missed the other actors voicing the other characters but overall it was well read and I enjoyed this very much, definitely a good buy.

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The awkward midway poin

If you could sum up Children of Dune in three words, what would they be?

Very trying indeed

Would you be willing to try another book from Frank Herbert? Why or why not?

Yes I am continuing with the series

Any additional comments?

The first two books in the series flew by but this one was a struggle and like 'Empire Strikes Back' sets the scene for 'Return of The Jedi', - 'Children of Dune' sets the scene for the following instalments. I found it very hard going in places (although I understand the story needs to be spun and background need to be founded so from that viewpoint an excellent work)

For me this was an obstacle that needed to be hurdled in order to get to the finish line. Not a bad book by any means but after the frantic pace of the previous ones this becomes much more about laying foundations, political alliances, old loyalties, new possibilities and new threads - I wouldn't recommend reading it as a stand alone book as this would probably confuse the living daylights out of you, you really need to have read the previous ones for this one.

Don't be put off at all, the 'Dune' series is wonderful as a whole but please read the previous ones before diving into this one.

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Brilliant experience!!

Great book. A very interesting listen.
Go vegan. As this is the only sustainable and true way in line with our evolutionary adaptations. Respect the planet that gave you life.

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Outstanding adaption

Dune is THE Sci fi foundation stone, a story so rich that it shocks me just what is achieved with the following tomes.
I read the original as a youngster and now in my 40s am "reading" the follow ups. Each has you reexamine the original with different eyes and perspectives. I can't praise the story or the performance highly enough.

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Amazing!

Again, just what I wanted from the Dune team. Faultless narrating. Kept me engrossed throughout.

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What a trip

So well observed, a melange of the histories of all societies, a critique and a poetic prophecy. Obviously, if you are here, you have read the preceding volumes. Where does this rank in the series? To me, they exist as one. A vast, Shakespearean Sci-fi which stays with you as a lucid dream, as you ponder on its deeper meanings.

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