CHILDREN OF DUNE - Review

The Golden Path is the symbiosis with the worms (as well as the power that would grant) and Paul was terrified of that vision because there is a very very great cost to such a decision which you won't know until after book 4. Leto II literally is the only one who would be able to do it besides Paul so that's where you get the idea of hubris from Leto, Paul saw that as an option in his visions and was almost repulsed by it so he chose not to go that route. But Leto knew that if he did things right he could enact peace through the sacrifice of symbiosis with the worm. His memories and supreme control of his metabolism (like a bene gesseret) allowed him to graft the sandtrout to himself. "My skin is not my own"

The reason why the worms assimilated to leto, is because he has a very high potency of spice in his blood. So the baby trouts latch on that aspect with makes the sand-worm armor/skin.

I have been clickijg on these videos so fast when the notification comes through

This is my interpretation of dune; good and bad (evil) do not exist in the universe and therefore have no meaning in nature. They are purely a human construct. dune uses this logic, which is what makes it amazing. everyone does their own thing, they all have plans within plans, they manipulate, persuade, and take advantage of their circumstances at all times.

When you go get some milk in the desert because you dont want to be the next worm-man superhero. Understandable.

If you liked Children, you'll love God Emperor. It's apeshit nuts, but it's awesome!

I'll never get over the fact there is a canon species in the duneverse called laser tigers Okay, it's spelled laza tigers but still

The conflict between Leto and Paul is so interesting. Can you really change the world to the better or will your actions bring tragedy, even if youre aiming for galactic peace.. Love your reviews, keep it up!

Duneverse, very clever

Starting God-emperor tomorrow, how convenient …

You’ll love God Emperor

It's been a few years since I (re)read "Children", but my take on it then was that it (and not "Messiah") marked the end of Paul's "modern Greek tragedy" of a story arc. It also struck me as marking the passing of the burden of the curse of prescience from Paul to his son. (The "Golden Path" is a deeply ironic name for the sacrifice Leto makes because his dad chose not to.) In a way, the multi-generational nature of the tragedy (akin to the ORIGINAL multigenerational curse on the Atreides family from Greek myth) relates to another of Paul's "fatal flaws": his "feet of clay" in not sacrificing himself (and his humanity), but instead forcing that sacrifice onto his own son. You can't get more "Greek tragedy" than the interlinked tragedies of Paul, his sister Alia and his son Leto (whose story continues as the "God Emperor" in the next book).

so glad your reading dune !! Can’t wait for the God Emperor review

Great book review Ryan. I think You should read “Among The Hidden” and review that I think you love the shadow children series

i also just finished children of dune like 2 weeks ago and started god emperor you're going to love it might be my favorite book from the series

Dune really is the father of all the suphero/sci-fi storylines mixed in with some spice tripping. Absolutely thoroughly enjoy these reviews and might be the next best thing you do on the channel besides Berserk. I read these first 3, 2 or so years ago but never picked up the next, maybe I'll read it before you make the reviews!

Been loving these Dune reviews. Hope you review more books series, when you finish Dune!

Man you are a fast reader for real, I am still on the beginning pages of the first book- I'll have to save these reviews to my 'watch later' playliat 😂

Farad'n was my favorite new character from the book. Very tragic like Paul but i enjoyed his story Jessica absolutely stole the show in this one after being completely absent from Messiah. I was somewhat disappointed with Alia's conclusion after the initial read but her character is even more tragic than Farad'n & Paul combined and it was hinted all the way back in the very first Book Like i told you, the philosophical aspects increase ten-fold in this one especially with Leto II's character but GEoD is something else... Can't wait for that review & hopefully you'll continue onwards✌️

I'm really curious to see what you think of the fourth book. Not only is it extremely strange, but the writing style is completely different from the first trilogy. I always like to compare it to Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Only in space. With giant worm-human-things and lesbians.