Delia reviewed Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert (Dune Chronicles, #2)
Ending of this suprisingly satisfying
4 stars
I think something I enjoy about Herbert’s writing is that the stories don’t go where I expect them to. Being written in the 60s, I think maybe there are different acceptable story arcs. I kept waiting for things to start, I still keep expecting Paul’s hero story to happen even though I know, famously, that he was not a hero. I couldn’t, and still don’t, understand how he had kicked off a thanos level genocide and why that was inevitable, but once you accept that premise, exploring how he’s trying to extract from that was an interesting journey. Not sure yet about whether to continue with the series.