1.5/5 - Full review at emileereads: http://emileereads.com/blog/2017/10/1... 
 Unpopular opinion time! 
 There are a few things I fully respect about Dune. I'll cover those first: 
 1) The worldbuilding. The Fremen society was pretty cool. The details about their clothing, water preservation, and fighting style was what kept me turning the page. 
 2) Dune's influence. I know there are SO many things that we wouldn't have now without Dune. Star Wars, for example, is one of my favorite things OF ALL TIME and I genuinely appreciate what Dune inspired there. 
 3) Book III. This was my favorite part of the book. There were fewer dramatic thoughts from each character when Paul's plans were finally put into action. This section was much easier to read than the first 600 or so pages. 
 Things I disliked: 
 EVERY SINGLE THING that happened was straight up told to me beforehand through a character's thoughts, or the eyes of Princess What's-Her-Face in the chapter introductions. I didn't mind that Herbert jumped straight into the action without giving backstory - that's fine. It could've worked really well. I like when the author trusts me to figure things out. But it didn't work because I had to read dramatic inner dialogues that were annoying when he could've just used some exposition. 
 The characters were the most boring and bland ones I have ever had the displeasure of reading about. Duncan, Thufir, and Gurney were all the exact same person except one of them played an instrument. Jessica was the most interesting character, but she was the worst for having those dramatic thoughts. (view spoiler)[Her daughter (hide spoiler)] also had the potential to be cool, but by the time she appeared the novel was almost over. Paul inspired absolutely nothing in me, he was emotionless and entitled. 
 Maybe I would've liked Dune more had I read it when I was younger, before I was introduced other popular fantasy and sci-fi greats. I guess I'll never know.