Not as good as dune

Though this was an enjoyable book a lot of this is from the third person, therefore making it too different from the first. The characters voices from Dune didn't stick to their own characters and were doing voices of other characters which in the first book were done by different people.

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Mixed narration quality

As others have said, good story and continuation of the incredible Dune universe, but a strange choice to have different narrators for different chapters brings it down. Simon Vance is amazing as usual, but there were a few chapters with much weaker narration quality. One of the narrators also pronounces some dune-specific words differently which is a bit confusing. No idea why the producers thought this was a good plan, or why they didn't edit the audio and direct the VAs for consistency better.

Stick with it through the rougher chapters and it's worth the listen!

Overall I enjoyed the book, and I'm excited to see just how bonkers it gets in the latter installments.

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Satisfying sequel

It is a satisfying sequel, although not as wonderful as the first novel. The book devekops the Dune mythology to a superior level of complexity but fails to deliver an innovative story. However, id you loved the first one, you'll enjoy this one.

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Magnificent

A good story, well told. Do not read if you expect action or adventure, this is mostly conversations in rooms. Damn, damn good conversations though.

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ruined by accents

loved the story just ruined by narrators inconsistent accents all over the place wish it was consistent like the other narrators.

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Magnificent World

I was not expecting much as send book after a good one drops in quality but I have enjoyed this one as much as the first one.... love the work of Frank Herbert.. so glad I found these books.

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more

MORE. Give me more. On to the next one I go. Loving these. So dense.

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This never gets old. A true classic well worth a read

This is probably the third time I’ve listened to the book and only just coming to terms with the depth of what Frank had set into motion with his Dune series.

The plots within plots, twists and turns and the ongoing question of free will versus predestined actions, all make for an interesting take on philosophical topics I never really thought about on the previous reads.

The characters are built on from the original book, so highly recommend that if you’ve not read or listened to the first book, please do that before this. As it sets the stage remarkably well.

All in all a great book, I did find the flapping between voice readers a little off putting as it was very infrequent but it’s a personal opinion.

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Excellent book. It continues the Dune saga nicely.

Book is really good and it continues the Dune saga so nice. It explains i lot of concepts and plots from previous books so you get to understand previous events deeper. Just read it (listen it?), you will no regret it.

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Another classic

Listened to this straight after the excellent first book and initially it did not fare well in comparison. Too much politics! But I eventually persisted and it was worth the effort - another excellent chapter in the dune story

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