Dune
Book • 1965 •
ReportThis book contains 28 potentially triggering events.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Darth_Xerxes
A villain describes a desire to force himself on young boys.
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Abuse
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Is there domestic violence?
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DylanOke
An infant is said to have been murdered, but this is not described. A toddler is taken prisoner by a military force, but is unharmed.
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Addiction
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DylanOke
Several fictional drugs are used and are significant to the plot. A minor character's drug addiction is leveraged by his superior to control him.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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DylanOke
A scene in which a character is drunk and unintentionally reveals sensitive information to another.
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Animal
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Are there bugs?
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Dame
The sandworms are huge, dragon-like invertebrates that are majorly significant to the plot.
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Assault
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DylanOke
A major character is threatened with sexual assault, but is unharmed. Several villainous characters regularly rape enslaved people, but these instances are never described.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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DylanOke
Characters fight and are cut regularly with bladed weapons. A prisoner having his hair shaved by his captors is mentioned but not described.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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DylanOke
A character is buried alive under a large amount of sand. They use a special technique to survive with limited air, and are ultimately unharmed.
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Is someone buried alive?
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DylanOke
A major character is buried alive beneath a large amount of sand, but is unharmed.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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TKushnarev
A tooth is carefully removed in a non-painful way.
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Is someone tortured?
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DylanOke
A major character experiences a torture-like test at the beginning of the book. Later, a great deal of torture is implied to be used against other characters, and a villainous character describes methods he will use to torture a major character.
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Children
Does a kid die?
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DylanOke
An infant is stated to have been killed, but the scene is not described. Later, a toddler is attacked and threatened by other characters, but is not harmed.
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Family
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Is someone kidnapped?
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DylanOke
Characters are regularly imprisoned by enemy forces. Late in the story, a toddler is captured by a military force, but is unharmed.
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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DylanOke
Characters share the consciousness of those who have passed away by undertaking a drug-induced trance, but nobody is actually 'possessed'.
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Gross
Does someone spit?
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DylanOke
Characters spit as a sign of respect in their fictional culture.
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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DylanOke
Characters are threatened with deadly needles several times. A character is killed with a small needle, and later another character commits suicide with one.
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Mental Health
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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DylanOke
A character asks his allies to kill him as penance for his actions.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Dame
Someone gets buried alive under the sand.
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Dame
One character bites down on a poisoned tooth during an assassination attempt.
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Noxious
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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DylanOke
Two children are born in the events of the novel but both births take place in a time jump that occurs around the middle of the story. Childbirth is not actually described.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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DylanOke
A pregnant woman is threatened and attacked, but she and the unborn child are ultimately unharmed.
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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DylanOke
A major character is extremely obese and uses high-tech equipment to walk and stand.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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jdpamv
His orientation is conflated with depravity, though, so that was probably the author’s intent in any case (Frank Herbert was extremely homophobic and disowned one of his sons for coming out).
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Are there fat jokes?
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SDrost
No jokes, but being fat is equated to being 'gross'
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Sex
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DylanOke
A powerful force arranges for the careful 'breeding' of noble people to control bloodlines, and it is explained that two characters who are unknowingly cousins would have been 'bred' together under different circumstances. A major villain openly lusts after his teenaged nephew.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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DylanOke
The ending is bittersweet, with it being implied that the positive outcome of the story will lead to terrible things in the future.
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Vehicular
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Does a plane crash?
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Several "thopters", comparable to futuristic helicopters, crash during battles or from sabotage.
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Violence
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Nuclear weapons are used to disable a force field near the end of the book. They do not result in casualties.
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