God Emperor of Dune

, #4

eBook, 608 pages

english language

Published May 31, 2019 by Ace.

ISBN:
978-1-4406-3197-9
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4 stars (31 reviews)

Book Four in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles—the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time

Millennia have passed on Arrakis, and the once-desert planet is green with life. Leto Atreides, the son of the world’s savior, the Emperor Paul Muad’Dib, is still alive but far from human. To preserve humanity’s future, he sacrificed his own by merging with a sandworm, granting him near immortality as God Emperor of Dune for the past thirty-five hundred years.

Leto’s rule is not a benevolent one. His transformation has made not only his appearance but his morality inhuman. A rebellion, led by Siona, a member of the Atreides family, has risen to oppose the despot’s rule. But Siona is unaware that Leto’s vision of a Golden Path for humanity requires her to fulfill a destiny she never wanted—or could possibly conceive....

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Sheer disappointment cover to cover

2 stars

Aside from a handful of moments and dialogues that were somewhat intriguing, this entire novel was a major disappointment. Much of this is due to its relation to the Dune series. If this fourth book is an indication of what comes next, I would abandon reading the Dune series altogether.

I felt that this style and this storyline deviated from the previous books and all expectations so much that I wish it just wasn't in the series at all. Some have said that the book's defining moment is its ending. And as I approached it, I had a strong suspicion what would happen, and I was right. Not even its conclusion really made anything more worthwhile.

As this is my first time reading Dune I can't say this accurately but I will anyway: skip this book entirely.

reviewed God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert (Dune Chronicles, #4)

Veel woorden, weinig daden

3 stars

Children of Dune beviel mij verrassend goed, dit vierde deel viel mij dan weer tegen. Het speelt zich af zo'n 3500 jaar na het vorige boek. Heel veel monologen en dialogen maar het ontbreekt aan actie. En zelfs de actie die er is wordt omschreven vanuit ooggetuigen verslagen. Het heeft soms meer weg van een filosofisch gesprek zoals Plato die schreef dan van een ScienceFiction roman. Evengoed drie sterren vanwege enkele filosofische doordenkertjes.

Review of 'God Emperor of Dune' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Somehow managed to make 15:40 of exposition with a closing 00:08 of action into a page turner. This series really goes off the deep end into a dreamlike wonderland, and I'm here for it. Never would have guessed the ending. Damn you Leto, you knew the whole time you sly sad worm. He was the predator humanity needed.

Review of 'God Emperor of Dune' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

This was the worst of the Dune books to date. It felt like 80% of it was Leto Deuce talking with some other character about "The Golden Path" without ever really detailing what the heck it was... I was fine with some of that, but there was far too much of it...

Several times in this book we stopped the Audiobook and said to one another "wait, what the heck is going on" or "how did this scene start?". We never had that with the first 3 books.

Review of 'God Emperor of Dune' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

L'Empereur-Dieu de Dune n'est pas le volume le plus facile d'accès mais c'est peut-être le plus beau, dans ce cycle de Frank Herbert. Leto II, fils de Paul Atreides et de Chani, a sacrifié sa vie pour préserver l'avenir de l'humanité. Trois mille cinq cent plus tard, son corps est transformé : plus ver des sables qu'humain, il règne sans partage sur son empire. Plus tout à fait humain, le Tyran va pourtant connaître l'amour avant de disparaître, non sans avoir laissé un dernier héritage à l'humanité.

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