Dune Messiah

Just like Matrix, the first one was great, and I could not see nothing that was lacking or could be improved in a continuation.

The writing is still great and the characters remain faithful to their personality. I stopped reading this book because I started to see some elements I don't like in stories, mostly VILLAIN recycling. If Paul defeated his enemies in the first book, why ALL of them (somewhat even the dead ones) are still a threat? For me this invalidates his greatness of the first book.

Maybe I'll be back to finish reading it (read just about 1/4), if I get some reassurance that it gets better, because I know by others opinions that the next book is awful.

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Continued to read the book. Very lame monotonous story, without a climax. You keep expecting something interesting to happen... it never does. The same prose is kept from the beginning to the end