So I can understand how this would be a led down compared to that book. It wasn't fantastic like the first book which truely is stellar. I was a little hesitant after reading some reviews, but it was no where near as bad as I had feared. I found it more than acceptable, and much better than many books. It does a nice job telling the story of Paul, and over all was an enjoyable story. By about 3/4 of the way through you start to get back to what you excepted from Dune. It starts as a series of meetings, and slowly start pulling the story together. It was slow to get into, especially for a short book.

There are 2 parts to any review of an audio book, the story and the narration, so let's break this into two. I really did love the first title in the series, and plan to continue through the rest. It makes it a little hard to keep track of who is speaking. It's a minor quibble, but sometimes the characters (like Stilgar) have thick accents and at other times they do not. They are all great readers, and I love the idea, but it would have helped if the readers had some common ground rules.

There are several readers, and they each read a separate chapter. I am not as fond of the narration as I could be. Overall, I give the story 3 's not a seminal work, like Dune, but it does follow up the original and bridge to the next few works. (This style is common among Frank Herbert's writing.) Dune Messiah is a bit more mystical than Dune, and focuses a great deal on some of the odder issues surrounding Paul's prescient visions and his sister, Alia, who is now in her teens. It's a slow-moving story.most of the action (and there isn't much of it) occurs in the final quarter of the book. For those who desire swashbuckling action, laser battles in space, exploring strange new worlds and menacing merciless malefactors will find this book disappointing.Dune Messiah is mostly conversation and internal dialogue. The story deals with strategems, plots and plots-within-plots. This book wraps up the story of Paul Muad'Dib Atriedes 12 years after the successful war to capture the imperial throne, Paul is dealing (struggling?) with the issues of governance, the imperial succession and plots to overthrow him.

First off: if you haven't read/listened to Dune, ignore this book until you've done that. As is often the case, it does not live up to the high standard of the first installement, but it is still pretty good. Good-not-great book, not as fond of the narrationĭune Messiah is the sequel to Frank Herbert's masterpiece, Dune.

Audiobook dune frank herbert