772 reviews for:

Beren und Lúthien: Mit Illustrationen von Alan Lee

Hans-Ulrich Möhring, Alan Lee, J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, Helmut W. Pesch

3.95 AVERAGE

kalinbullman's review against another edition

3.5

slow-paced

mollyreading's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark medium-paced

chamelodius's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative slow-paced

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One for the Tolkien scholars. It was fascinating to see how the story of Beren and Luthien evolved and how it was told in different forms. I don't usually read a lot of epic poetry, but once I got into the groove it was a lot of fun.

lunarclip's review against another edition

3.0

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I went into this expecting only the narrative and came out with a commentary on the iterative process of Tolkien and how the story of Beren and Luthien evolved. It was interesting to read how the story changed over time, but it wasn’t necessarily what I was after. 3/5

intr3pidjourney's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

deepspacejules's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

curvise's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging informative mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dustinwmeeks's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cirid's review against another edition

5.0

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Beyond beautiful. I'm not usually one for versions, at least on the first read, but this was wonderful to see unfold, with the villain Tevildo first and in the later lay, Thu, and the lay itself was spectacular. I like to think I love epic poetry, but that's not really well–realised; I usually give up, at some early point. But with this Lay of Leithian – I could not stop reading. It could not have been more beautifully told, as a story, than in this poem form. And then it ends, unfinished, because no more was written – but I'm so glad it exists because of how beautiful it was, I was recalling snippets in tetrameter, or whatever form the poem is in and. Music, man.

This was actually the second book I read in the legendarium (following the hobbit I could never get into the lord of the rings trilogy) but this writing style just snapped my brain into place, and I'm blitzing through LOTR as we speak. Favourites were Huan and Finrod Felagund.

coopclown's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No