A review by girish0731
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

adventurous dark hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

One of the most toughest books to push through. This book and its history with me as been of hate until now. Tried reading it as a book twice and dropped it, picked this audio-book due to Andy Serkis narration. Best decision ever made, be it the narration of the stories, name of the characters (they were quite the mouthful). The story and its brilliance picked up once you cross 15% to 20% in and the payoff was quite worth it being patient for.Due to my current year big book reads being slow paced in general this book joined that but was beautiful in its tales of some amazing character writings and language so poetic in places. The world building so beautiful and history so vivid composed for it way ahead of all the modern fantasies ever written. It orients its name in the classics and was worth my patience and time every single bit.