Good story of the Dune cannon.

It does have a heady feeling throughout but it is to be expected from that series. What happens when an all-powerful emperor discusses his motivations, his turmoils and hopes for the future with his subordinates? You get what constitutes about 80% of this book. It may not be for everybody, but it was fully appreciated by this fan!

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one of my top 3 books

The Dune series changed my life back when I was 18. I'm going through it now for the 3rd time and I still feel like Frank Herbert is talking directly to me and understands me better than I do. I loved every single word in this book.
Yes, it is definitely not for everyone, but if you, like me, feel like it has been written for you, that elevates the book to a manual of invaluable lessons you can't learn anywhere else.
The performance was very good but I couldn't help being annoyed by the whiny, overly dramatic, almost crying tone of whoever read the quotes before the chapters. Leto would never sound like that.

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different from the others in the series.

I loved the first 3 books and this one was fine but not on the same level.

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Best of dune by far

This book makes you think about the future and how to make it better

I genuinely do not understand why people like this

What an absolute snore fest! The one positive was that MOST of the narration was excellent. (Whoever they paid to occasionally read the poetry/quotes at the beginning of the chapters was AWFUL, like, William Shatner's “singing” meets your high school drama classes' first read of a Shakespeare script awful.)

I really enjoyed the previous Dune books, but this book was so bad that I think I'm done with the series at this point. The only reason I finished it is that I was out of Audible credits at the time.

The majority of this book is long philosophical discussions from Leto II, who at this point in the story has been transformed into a worm and has been ruling Arrakis for 3500 of peace. There's a resistance group led by an impetuous girl named Siona who doesn't like Leto II's heavy-handed leadership style and would like to assassinate him. The worm emperor has gone through a number of Duncan Idaho gholas at this point, killing them when he flies into a rage. The Ixians send an ambassador, Hwi Noree, who was bred specifically to appeal to Leto II. Hwi and the newest Duncan ghola fall in love with each other. Leto tests Siona by bringing her into the desert with him. Aside from a few sub plots that don't go anywhere and without spoiling the ending, this summary contains the majority of the plot.

The majority of this book are tedious lectures from Leto and melancholy sections talking about how bored and lonely he is after being virtually all-powerful and all-knowing for 3.5 millennia. Sort of like Paul's sermons from the previous books, but 10x longer and twice as insufferably arrogant.

I found myself not liking or “rooting for” any characters in this book. They are all annoying. (Not to mention Frank Herbert's decision to ratchet up the weirdly kinky factor in this book… I wish I were kidding when I say that one character literally orgasms watching another character… climb a wall?)

The ending is unsatisfying, but at least it comes with the relief that the book has finally come to an end. As I said before, I just don't understand why there are so many positive reviews for this bizarre book. It's much different than the previous books in the series, and sadly not for the better.

Pretty Slow

I LOVE the Dune series (including Brian Herbert's Dune books), but I found this one particularly tough to get through due to the drawn out philosophical conversations.

In true Frank Herbert style, it's worth the wait to get to the ending, but I felt I really had to push to get there.

A nice follow up to Dune Messiah

messiah was a bit of a slog, God-emperor brings the history, science, and religion of Dune back but is far more exciting than the previous book. I really enjoyed it!

Mesmerizing

I've never read a book that attempted to provide so many solutions for humanity.

The God Emperor is full of rich quotes and poetic lessons. The characters are apt and believable. They all squirm and toil while the Golden Path persists. Not to mention, there are more metaphors than most institutions could decipher.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to think. Thank you and RIP Frank Herbert.

beautiful words

loved it I liked most that We
was Ganny made from a few of his cells. Herbert's words are so beautiful it's like you are there..

Having read Entire Dune Saga it’s Awesome to listen to it

Having read Entire Dune Saga it’s Awesome to listen to it.
Now awesome to hear the entire Saga not a abridged “movie style” version to edit for Time Lenth