Dune

Alright, I have mixed feelings about this one. I really appreciate the book and what it stands for but it isn't my favourite, at-least not yet.
I feel like this is a book one has to read multiple times to fall in love with.
I don't know if this can be called a review, my feelings are all over the place but here goes!

We start off being thrown right into the world with little context and a lot of complex jargon (I honestly felt quite lost and had to read it along with the audiobook for a while to get through it). A couple of chapters in however, the writing becomes accessible and I started to enjoy it. So if it's your first time reading Dune, be patient. Try the audiobook. It's phenomenal.

Another thing that takes some getting used to, the POVs switching right in the middle of a paragraph! It was strange to read at first but I I feel like it made the scene clearer and more understandable. (The audiobook helps with this as well! :p)

The world of Dune is probably one of the best things about this book. It's so fascinating and the extent of thought and research that must have gone into building a world of this scale, unimaginable!

I loved the characters, the themes and ideas explored in this book. I probably missed a lot in this first read through, but I still think it's fantastic. The characters are so passionate and we watch them grow constantly. It's a ride!

The pacing was the one thing that really bugged me. We jump from scene to scene and every time I was left feeling like I needed to spend more time understanding what was going on. It was probably intentional but it annoyed me a little. The first part of the book, I flew through! The second part of sort of a drag and took me the longest to read but the ending, amazing! Though again, at the end, I was waiting for this big thing to happen, it doesn't and I felt slightly let down. It was a great ending nonetheless.

Umm, so I enjoyed Dune. It took me the longest time to read. I don't think I understood everything Herbert was trying to convey. I feel like I might like it more if and when I reread it.