" God Emperor was a good read, but definitely slower than the first three Dune books. I felt that, aside from the Lord Leo, the characters in this book were pretty devoid of personality until almost halfway through the story. Once the characters started to develop further and I actually became more interested in Idaho and Moneo, the story started to lose momentum. I also think it was difficult to empathize with Leto, which made the ending of the book ultimately anti-climactic. Still, I think it was worth reading and thought the overall story was somehow both creepy and endearing. "
— James, 2/7/2014