Shelbie’s Reviews > Dune > Status Update
Shelbie
is on page 98 of 687
I can appreciate how this changed science fiction, and essentially created the space opera genre (my favorite type of scifi), but the writing style hasn’t aged well. It’s a bit of a slog.
— Sep 17, 2026 06:45AM
Like flag
Shelbie’s Previous Updates
Shelbie
is on page 357 of 687
We had a good 100 pages of excitement and now we are back to a slog. More than halfway and honestly not much has happened, plot wise. I can respect the world building but the bulk of the book has been dialogue and way more tell than show. Paul is almost a John Stu. I’m struggling to care, honestly. But I still want to finish.
— Sep 22, 2026 05:09AM
Shelbie
is on page 204 of 687
Total tone and writing change at about the 150 page mark and now we’re cooking with gas.
— Sep 19, 2026 05:35AM