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rantanplan · 03-19-2024, 04:36 AM

I have finished The Silmarillion on Sunday. The book was a bit challenging, but not as bad as I imagined it would be. It was a beautiful, but sometimes quite frustrating read, because most of it deals with

Spoiler:

. The book also paints the Elves in a very dark light, from the Lord of the Rings I wouldn't have imagined them as so petty and cruel.

03-19-2024, 04:36 AM	#24
rantanplan Weirdo Posts: 954 Karma: 11942694 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Wuppertal, Germany Device: Kobo Sage, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Paperwhite 2021, Kindle Scribe 2022	I have finished The Silmarillion on Sunday. The book was a bit challenging, but not as bad as I imagined it would be. It was a beautiful, but sometimes quite frustrating read, because most of it deals with Spoiler: Melkor/Morgoth killing all the people you just started caring about . The book also paints the Elves in a very dark light, from the Lord of the Rings I wouldn't have imagined them as so petty and cruel.