EliteFrosty1 t1_j9yho5t wrote on February 25, 2023 at 2:26 PM

If you don't like this book, you likely will not like Dune either. You also might not like Hyperion Cantos. Dune is always recommended for scifi but I don't understand, it has probably made so many people give up on scifi since it's usually the first recommended book.

I finished Hyperion but it was difficult, but Dune was marked DNF at 50% or so. The writing is horrible. The worldbuilding is cool though but that's the only redeeming quality.

badheartveil t1_j9yv3t7 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:05 PM

What was wrong with Hyperion? The only thing that rubbed me the wrong way was the male gaze parts and random irrelevant “intellectual” insertions.

EliteFrosty1 t1_j9yvqsf wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:10 PM

It's one of those books where I didn't like it till closer to the end, it was slow and kind of boring. However by the end, I was invested into the story and ended up enjoying it.

I could definitely see myself reading this series again, but still it was so slow. I'm usually fine with slower books but not in this case.