I shall start off this review by simply saying:
What the fuck???

The philosophy in this book is some of the best in the series, the buildup was quite good....until Leto started rolling around in the sand with Sandtrouts and

making himself turn into a wormboi

and somehow knowing how to do it, and then we got good old-fashioned

brother marrying his sister.

The portrayal of

Paul

was excellent for a good while, It felt like he had grown wise in his

self-exile

and had come to despise the corruption of the world

he sought to bring into fruition

in the first 2 books and preached out against

his own creation

in hopes of tearing it down and

his children

fixing things...but no. As soon as he meets Leto, he becomes a dumb dumb and

sacrifices himself

in a shitty way in equivalence of stupidity of how Dune 1 had the Baron killed off-screen by the 4 year old side character.

Ghanima seemed pretty interesting there for a while too, the twins were at their strongest character-wise when they were together,

the second they seperated is when they went down hill

. Leto became so self-indulgent and spouted out philosophy in rapid-fire that it became exhausting, despite throwing some interesting notions and questions at the reader, I believe such things should come in moderation. And then Ghanima simply got dumber and more emotional and one-dimensional, she got the Chani treatment but with more rage.

Dont get me started on this

wormboi

business. What the actual fuck Frank Herbert. What the actual fuck. Whatever you were smoking during the creation of this book, I beg of you to cut that shit out and have a cup of tea instead. Like sure I get the symbolism and how the Freman will immediately

accept him as God

as they already worship Shai-Hulud, the Maker, the Worms, and so now that

Leto has worm powers they think him Shai-Hulud.

I get it. Congrats, it fits into the mythos, but why the hell did you go down this route? Have you learned nothing from the first book? You can't make your main character extremely powerful without any consequences or a delicate balance they must contend with!

I can't believe I'm about to say this, but I'm moving onto God Emperor of Dune, wish me luck 👀