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The first book has by far the most conventional plot. In many ways it has the shape of a heroic journey which is conventionally digestible alongside all of the quirks of the Dune universe.
The follow up books discuss why putting all of your hopes into a heroic leader is a terrible idea. Paul is considered a failure by the books, and his son’s journey to being a leader and what exactly he means to accomplish gets weird. (In a dense and to many, highly enjoyable way).