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A review by daniel_nunes
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
5.0
Having experienced the greatness the Tolkien legendarium after almost 20 years of watching the trilogy for the first time, and after reading it as well, it was finally time to dive into the Bible that encompasses all the myths and legends around it. Don't get me wrong, I was quite frightened when starting this journey as everyone on the interwebs says it is a very hard read, and having little to no attention span these days (Tiktok and Twitter's fault mostly) I was quite afraid I wasn't going to enjoy ir or even, gods be merciful, drop the book altogether. But alas! All those hours scrolling through page after page on Wikipedia searching for every and each character and spending hours dwelling into the lore around this fantastic world were well spent, and reading through names like Finwë, Finarfin, Fingolfin, Fingon, Thingol, Turgon were a breeze and quite refreshing, as if I was finally meeting someone I had idolized for a long time, and guess what, meeting your idols was not as bad as people make it to be.
From the way it resembled middle English to an epic tail at the same time, from the way the creation of the world is described and you can't even fathom these mythical beings roaming around a plane of existence such as humans do, to telling tales of unprecedented epicness such as an elf injuring an imortal god, a vile creature so powerful and hungry forall things living that eats itself to satisfy it's needs (and almost kills the most powerful being of the legendarium as well) to heaven like descriptions of the most beautiful fair and creatures that could have lived, to romance between two never before seen races, to action, it was quite melancholic to finish this and say goodbye to all the characters we met along the way.
The two Tolkiens that were responsible for his masterpiece, especially the senior one, have earned their right to be upon the pantheon of the greatest to ever lay their eyes on a piece a paper, grab a pen and simply let their imagination and dreams run through black ink. I cannot imagine someone with as much vision, eloquence and love for languages as J.R.R Tolkien was, and I don't think there will ever be. What an amazing experience.
From the way it resembled middle English to an epic tail at the same time, from the way the creation of the world is described and you can't even fathom these mythical beings roaming around a plane of existence such as humans do, to telling tales of unprecedented epicness such as an elf injuring an imortal god, a vile creature so powerful and hungry forall things living that eats itself to satisfy it's needs (and almost kills the most powerful being of the legendarium as well) to heaven like descriptions of the most beautiful fair and creatures that could have lived, to romance between two never before seen races, to action, it was quite melancholic to finish this and say goodbye to all the characters we met along the way.
The two Tolkiens that were responsible for his masterpiece, especially the senior one, have earned their right to be upon the pantheon of the greatest to ever lay their eyes on a piece a paper, grab a pen and simply let their imagination and dreams run through black ink. I cannot imagine someone with as much vision, eloquence and love for languages as J.R.R Tolkien was, and I don't think there will ever be. What an amazing experience.