I'm in the process of reading the 6 books. Once I got spoiled and saw what the God Emperor was, I just had to know how it came to be. My first attempt at read

I'm in the process of reading the 6 books. Once I got spoiled and saw what the God Emperor was, I just had to know how it came to be. My first attempt at reading the series about 20 years ago died on book 3, which I never finished. Now I'm on book 3 again. Messiah was difficult. So complicated, little (no?) action, but I do enjoy some political intrigue so I slogged through it. Book 3 is better, with really interesting parts intermixed with slow. I'm forcing myself through all the books this time. It's just so slow reading for me. Dune 1 was so fantastic and fascinating. The other ones (so far) have such heavy, dense writing and ideas, I am constantly re-reading pages.