EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club discussion

I'll admit I was a bit disappointed by the early chapters, since I read somewhere else that this book is basically non-stop action from the very beginning, and that was NOT how it read for me... and I felt bad for being a bit bored by such a classic that I felt like I should love. But now that I'm more along in the story (just had the dinner party - that's not really a spoiler) it's starting to really pick up! And it keeps bringing me back because there's something in this world that makes me want to learn more about it...

Nóri wrote: "I'll admit I was a bit disappointed by the early chapters, since I read somewhere else that this book is basically non-stop action from the very beginning, and that was NOT how it read for me... an..."

Yeah I feel like the beginning is mostly set up - getting to know the characters and the planet and the potential schemes. I just finished the first section "Dune" last night and it's definitely picked up and I'm totally sucked in!

I got halfway through and unfortunately I'm still mostly just bored. I think I'm gonna put it away for now and read something that I actually enjoy, because I fell asleep on this book more times than I can count, and I no longer have the motivation to keep at it. Maybe sometime later I will finish it.

Nóri wrote: "I got halfway through and unfortunately I'm still mostly just bored. I think I'm gonna put it away for now and read something that I actually enjoy, because I fell asleep on this book more times th..."

I am with you in this. I have been reading this for the past 10 days and I am now near the end of part 1. By far, this is my slowest sci-fi/fantasy till date. Even I am considering putting it away for some time and start it again in october.

Nóri wrote: "I got halfway through and unfortunately I'm still mostly just bored. I think I'm gonna put it away for now and read something that I actually enjoy, because I fell asleep on this book more times th..."

Agree. I read it many years ago, got about halfway through and thought it was tedious and boring. I skimmed for a while but just could not make it through. I love long involved books, things like Dickens, Shogun and tastes differ of course but this was just a drag IMHO.

I love this book and look forward to reading with you all. The movie was also very excellent, I must add.

Read this some 30 years ago and have been wanting to reread it. Seems like a great time to pick it up, but likely to go past January

I'm going to jump in on this one. I started reading it in December after watching the movie, and I'm up to page 241. So far I'm really loving it! Usually I hate to watch the movie first, but I'm kind of glad I did on this one. The book is a little confusing at times for me, and so watching the movie beforehand has helped a lot with that.

Excited to hear what you all think of it! :)

I’m going to join this month; never read the book nor seen the film so I’m going In without any clue what this is about so this should be interesting

I've read in the audible review that the audiobook is abridged and is missing some passages with switching voice actors, so that it's like a dramatization. I was surprised by this as it's more than 21 hours long! (How long would a full unabridged version be?)
However I'm listening to it as I want to know how the book's characters and special words are pronounced. (gom jabbar?) I haven't watched the movie yet but will try after I finish the book.

i’ve already read the other two current reads for this month and i can tell this book is going to take a while to get through, especially with the storyline and characters. i’m so excited, though!

I saw the movie and it was ok..it felt incomplete but then I learned there was more to the story so I'm interested in reading it though!

I am planning to start reading this tomorrow. I have heard from friends that Dune is a good series and that the new version of the film was good. So I thought before watching it I would read at least the first book.

I am not participating in this read this month. I decided to watch the film about a month ago and couldn’t finish it. I felt that there was no real plot, and the theme and subplots were all over the place. It just didn’t hold my attention one bit. I turned off the film halfway through and it unfortunately ruined the idea of the book for me.

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