A review by ethantheent
Beren and Lúthien by J.R.R. Tolkien

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Beren and Luthien was one of my favourite chapters of the Silmarillion, so I was very excited to get to learn more about the construction of the story and read the Lay of Leithian in it’s original prose form. It’s truly one of the best love stories ever told. 

HOWEVER nothing broke my heart more than the way Tolkien describes Edith’s passing in a letter to Christopher Tolkien:

But the story has gone crooked, and I am left, and I cannot plead before the inexorable Mandos.