As all of the entries in the dune series, including the other books of Frank Herberts son, I immensely enjoyed the one. I know the newer ones are not as deep and well-written as the original ones by Frank Herbert himself, but they still include everything I need in a compelling sci fi story. The characters are interesting, even though we follow a lot of them I did not mind switching perspective that often. Of course some points of views were more interesting than others and I did not like all the ends to the storylines, but with so many characters this is to be expected. This is one of this books that you can read in one sitting, because it is easy to read and compelling. I think it was still a little weaker than part 2 (I have not fishied part 1 of the series yet) because it constantly had to remind us of what had happend it previous books or chapters and that repitition could become annoying from time to time. But all in all I really enjoyed reading it and will continue to read books of the dune series.