A review by jenni_t_reads
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth, by J.R.R. Tolkien
4.0
Another huge accomplishment in addition to Silmarillion! Well done me!
This took me 2.5 months to read, but it was mainly because I buddy-read it and thus I had a schedule. But it was a slow book to read since the writing style was almost as complicated as it was in Silmarillion. Some stories were easier though.
I liked Silmarillion more, since Unfinished Tales is, obviously, a collection of unfinished stories and stories that have many different versions, whereas Silmarillion is more of a complete book. So the unfinishedness and differing versions were a bit frustrating at times.
You should definitely read Silmarillion before this. Unfinished Tales has a lot of references to Silmarillion and if you don't read Silmarillion first some of the stories in Unfinished Tales can feel disconnected. If you want to be fully prepared for The Rings of Power tv-show, you should consider reading both Unfinished Tales and Silmarillion.
My favourire stories in Unfinished Tales were The Children of Húrin (that is one of the saddest stories I've ever read), The Quest of Erebor (how Gandalf convinced Thorin Oakenshield to take Bilbo with them) and The Istari (about Gandalf and other wizards).
This took me 2.5 months to read, but it was mainly because I buddy-read it and thus I had a schedule. But it was a slow book to read since the writing style was almost as complicated as it was in Silmarillion. Some stories were easier though.
I liked Silmarillion more, since Unfinished Tales is, obviously, a collection of unfinished stories and stories that have many different versions, whereas Silmarillion is more of a complete book. So the unfinishedness and differing versions were a bit frustrating at times.
You should definitely read Silmarillion before this. Unfinished Tales has a lot of references to Silmarillion and if you don't read Silmarillion first some of the stories in Unfinished Tales can feel disconnected. If you want to be fully prepared for The Rings of Power tv-show, you should consider reading both Unfinished Tales and Silmarillion.
My favourire stories in Unfinished Tales were The Children of Húrin (that is one of the saddest stories I've ever read), The Quest of Erebor (how Gandalf convinced Thorin Oakenshield to take Bilbo with them) and The Istari (about Gandalf and other wizards).