Review of 'The Silmarillion Gift Set' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
this is absolutely outstanding. Tolkien's bible of his world
mass market paperback, 458 pages
English language
Published July 12, 1982 by Ballantine Books.
The Silmarillion
4 stars
(7 reviews)
A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work whose origins stretch back to a time long before The Hobbit.
Norbert reviewed Das Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Das Silmarillion
5 stars
Was soll ich sagen? Ich liebe dieses Werk einfach .)
jkb reviewed El Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Review of 'El Silmarillion' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
This is a difficult book to read. It is basically the entire history of Middle Earth and it is dry. It of course concludes with the history (but not the details) of the battle of the One Ring as written in Lord of the Rings. If you really want to know about the beginning of Middle Earth and some of the major folklore that is informed in the books the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings then this will let you know.
It just reads as some of the driest prose I've read for a while. It's not Tolkiens fault it seems to be told from someone of that time and not someone of today.
Subjects
- Fantasy - General
- Non-Classifiable
- Fiction - Fantasy