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A review by mcbibliotecaria
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
4.0
This was a tough book, at least the first third of. It reads like the bible, another book I have yet to read. It starts off with the Gods and the elves they created, and since I was reading on a e-book, it couldn't adapt the characters of the letters Tolkien created, so I had to glance over odd placed questions marks and as a result could not connect characters to visuals.
There are a couple stories, legends, that are incredible in this book. The story of Beren and Luthien is an epic adventure/love story that I enjoyed. But nothing more then the saga of Melkor and Ungoliant. Melkor is the God who goes evil and employs as one of his lieutenants a little guy named Sauron. If you are looking for a Lord of the Rings refresher, this book only touches on it towards the end in brief, in the Fourth Age. But it starts in the First age where there was nothing.
Individually taken, the stories are either incredibly thought provoking and magical, or way too epic and religious undertones that are difficult to comprehend. I will probably read it again in a few years, but I wouldn't recommend it to a reader who is just interested in more of Lord of the Rings. There is a reason that this book was rejected by the publisher first.
There are a couple stories, legends, that are incredible in this book. The story of Beren and Luthien is an epic adventure/love story that I enjoyed. But nothing more then the saga of Melkor and Ungoliant. Melkor is the God who goes evil and employs as one of his lieutenants a little guy named Sauron. If you are looking for a Lord of the Rings refresher, this book only touches on it towards the end in brief, in the Fourth Age. But it starts in the First age where there was nothing.
Individually taken, the stories are either incredibly thought provoking and magical, or way too epic and religious undertones that are difficult to comprehend. I will probably read it again in a few years, but I wouldn't recommend it to a reader who is just interested in more of Lord of the Rings. There is a reason that this book was rejected by the publisher first.