You know how a great story enwraps you and you forget that you're reading a book? Dune didn't do that for me for the most part. The story was still interesting, so I thought I'll just finish this one and won't continue with the rest of the books in the series. But, the climax in this was so hard hitting, that I was completely absorbed in the story. It was like gliding through the book. The climax is the only reason why I'll be continuing with this series. I only wish that it would've carried that energy in the rest of the book as well. Don't get me wrong, I believe Frank Herbert is a fantastic writer. The ideas and the philosophies that he injects in the story are unquestionably intriguing and the characters are fleshed out pretty well as well. The only thing the writing lacked a tad was the flow you demand from a story. That flow was either absent or, when present, was clunky. Which resulted in a barrier of "me being aware of reading a ...