4.62k reviews for:

The Silmarillion

J.R.R. Tolkien

4.01 AVERAGE

barnaclethereal's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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this book is very well written, and some stories are really great, but it's mixed in with a textbook of worldbuilding. I liked it a lot but I wouldn't recommend it to many

mausszi's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

firemoth88's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous informative slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

a1ex_the_reader's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

blimani's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

struanr's review against another edition

4.5

challenging informative mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ireadbooks2025's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

gerdkel's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

cocash28's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ancientromantic's review against another edition

5.0

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June 2019 // Well, what can I say? I’ll admit, I expected this read to turn out to be long and wearisome, but boy, how wrong I was! Sure, some parts were exciting and some weren’t (surprisingly, I didn’t really enjoy the tale of Beren and Lúthien? probably because I’m not a big fan of romances in general), but all in all, I loved this book to pieces. And if it’s possible, I’ve fallen in love even more with the Tolkien universe now that I know how it all began. I feel nostalgic when I think of Aman, and Númenor, and Beleriand with its great and fallen cities and realms (Gondolin, Nargothrond, Dol-lómin, Doriath, and many more) and how I wish Middle-earth were real! (I’m sure it’s real. I’m sure Tolkien dwelt there after he died.) After such a read, one can’t say Tolkien wasn’t a freaking genius.

Avril 2021 // Masterpiece. Period.