The first fantasy book I ever read and still my all-time favorite. That said, it's not for everybody. It's been compared to the Old Testament, and that's still the best analogy; if you think that Moses leading his people out of Egypt is the stuff of grand drama, then this is the book for you, Tolkien fan or not. If you don't, then you probably ought to give The Silmarillion a pass, no matter how much you liked Tolkien's other work. This is not Lord of the Rings Plus; it's quite literally the Old Testament for Middle Earth, beginning with the creation of the world and ending just before the War of the Ring, which forms little more than a footnote in the more-than-epic sweep of time portrayed.
Im still reading the book, it one of those books (for me) it takes a while for it to sink in, i wanted to buy this because it talks about the days before sauron made his ring, but also about the way tolkien writes about the character/s in a way that isnt written nowadays, once i have finished reading the book and re-read it everything will sink in and become a little more clearer It is a book to buy if you are interested in the lord of the rings and the hobbit and wanting to know more about how the ring became to be and how everything changed
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