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.

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.