I loved the dune series so much

After reading the first book, I was so surprised that this was so much shorter that I initially thought it was the abridged version. After listening to this for the fourth time in a row, I understand why now. There’s so much to unpack and process, understanding what all the different characters are doing and why. It’s almost as if as the spectator you need to look at the story as Paul would, from a non-temporal viewpoint of the events. I think it’s an interesting look at the concept of predetermination, and what would one do if you knew the future, but also knew how dramatically chaotic events could unfold if you were to deviate carelessly from that path. Love it, want to listen to it four more times.

I really like the Dune series, the first book was quite long, which I enjoyed. This one is much shorter, which isn't necessarily a problem, except the ending felt a bit arbitrary. IMO it feels like the first act of book 3 should have been the ending of this book. Either way, I still love the story, and it is required reading for the 3rd book.

Never-ending incomprehensible dialog. Stopped listening after one chapter. Would like my money back.

Few authors can hope to match the breath and depth of this body of work. A work done with immense care, fleshed out to a spectacular degree. No heroes, contentious factions and truly profound ethical quandries. A beautiful book dramatically dimnished by the heratic production. Women are narrated by the main voice while some males are narrated by a second voice. This gets rodiculous when the 50+ years old narrator with a british accent tries to channel the voice of a 16 years old girl from an other world with a borderline offensive botched middle-eastern accentor that of an old sly and scheming woman. An insult to the author and his masterpiece. I strongly recommend you do not listen to this audio version, simply because of this appalling choice.

the first book was magnificent. As the series progress there is less variation in narrators. Some events merely happen, and the plot is a little stretched out. Great read/listen nonetheless.

This was a great follow on to the first book. I honestly missed the change in theatrics between narrators. There are no announcement of chapters and Simon Vance is great as always. Still confused to how Paul just abandoned his kids into apparent suicide...weird but looking forward to the next book.

I get the feeling this is a bridge between the first and third installments in the Dune saga. I'll know more once I've listened to Children of Dune.

Book 2 was good

Pretty good, not as suspenseful as the first. I'm definitely still hooked and moving on to the next volume.