I read the first Dune novel some 25 years ago and felt like meh. Not bad, but nothing personally outstanding for me either. Most characters were either boring or unpleasant, the Harkonnens seemed like caricatures of your generic TV villains and the good guys weren't any more exciting. Haven't read anything else in the universe and probably never will.
I did watch the two recent movies and they weren't bad, but again... nothing to write home about, for me.
My sister loved the original novel, though.
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