I like the Dune series but I don't think it has much substance beyond quotable dialogue and worldbuilding. Yes, Paul is a fake god but kipling already did that in the Man Who Would Be King. I can't really get myself to care about anything that happens in the first four books the way hardcore dune fans care. Why should I when every single main character has superpowers that tell them the solution to every problem? The last two are better about having real stakes but they're also the most hated books in the whole series.