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queerofthedagger's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Out of those books published posthumously (notwithstanding The Fall of Númenor because I haven't read that one yet, and the Histories of course), this has by far the least cohesive, on-going narrative. There are several versions and none of them truly finished. That said, Christopher Tolkien once again did an amazing job at contextualizing the different versions, and I feel if you're still here at this point, you know what you're in for.
Story-wise, this might be my favourite one out of the three main pillars (Children of Húrin/Beren and Lúthien/Fall of Gondolin), although I find it hard to compare them. It feels the most connected to the over-arching story of the Silmarillion and the First Age though - then again, I might be biased because the House of Fingolfin and Feanor are my little guys, and this touches their stories the most, so you know.
Story-wise, this might be my favourite one out of the three main pillars (Children of Húrin/Beren and Lúthien/Fall of Gondolin), although I find it hard to compare them. It feels the most connected to the over-arching story of the Silmarillion and the First Age though - then again, I might be biased because the House of Fingolfin and Feanor are my little guys, and this touches their stories the most, so you know.
szuum's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
saumith's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
valeria_anedda's review against another edition
4.0
GDL Storia di Arda
Il libro è stato inserito (in ordine di lettura) dopo il capitolo 23 (Di Tuor e la caduta di Gondolin) presente nel Silmarillion; raccoglie La caduta di Gondolin (contenuta nei Racconti perduti) e Tuor e il suo arrivo a Gondolin (contenuta nei Racconti incompiuti di Numenor e della Terra di Mezzo).
A conclusione, abbiamo letto un approfondimento su Glorfindel da La Storia della Terra di Mezzo: Volume XII - I Popoli della Terra di Mezzo.
Come per "Beren e Luthien", questo non è un romanzo, ma una raccolta di scritti commentati da Christopher Tolkien.
La storia ha come protagonisti Gondolin, l'ultima città elfica rimasta in piedi fino a quel momento, e Tuor, figlio di Hour e cugino del più sfortunato Turin - il poveretto appare due volte in preda alla pazzia per il dolore subito durante le sue disavventure.
Non è un libro di facile lettura e non lo consiglio, se non per ampliare le conoscenze sul mondo di Arda.
Il libro è stato inserito (in ordine di lettura) dopo il capitolo 23 (Di Tuor e la caduta di Gondolin) presente nel Silmarillion; raccoglie La caduta di Gondolin (contenuta nei Racconti perduti) e Tuor e il suo arrivo a Gondolin (contenuta nei Racconti incompiuti di Numenor e della Terra di Mezzo).
A conclusione, abbiamo letto un approfondimento su Glorfindel da La Storia della Terra di Mezzo: Volume XII - I Popoli della Terra di Mezzo.
Come per "Beren e Luthien", questo non è un romanzo, ma una raccolta di scritti commentati da Christopher Tolkien.
La storia ha come protagonisti Gondolin, l'ultima città elfica rimasta in piedi fino a quel momento, e Tuor, figlio di Hour e cugino del più sfortunato Turin - il poveretto appare due volte in preda alla pazzia per il dolore subito durante le sue disavventure.
Non è un libro di facile lettura e non lo consiglio, se non per ampliare le conoscenze sul mondo di Arda.
ninacarrara's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
tales_through_the_pages's review against another edition
4.0
This is one of Tolkiens three great tales, Beren and Lúthien and The Children of Húrin being the other two. This story was also (I believe) one of Tolkiens earliest stories written in Middle Earth (developed during his war years in 1917) and helped set the backdrop for what would later become The Hobbit & LOTR books that we all love so much!
Set in the First Age of Middle-Earth at a time when elves were at the height of their power and Morgoth is the dominant evil power filling his lands with orcs, Balrogs and other monstorous creatures on a much larger scale then anything little ol’ Sauron could muster! Having read Children of Húrin a while ago I was super excited to jump back into this period of time!
These reads are a very different experience to a full novel like LOTR. Christopher Tolkien has taken the work of his father and publishes in what could be compared to a historical study of the text. We get the earliest ever form of the full story followed by subsequent dives into how Tolkien developed it as his vision of Middle Earth grew and subsequently the most up to date re-write of the first half of the story, unfortunately J.R.R Tolkien never finished the re-write but I feel the two version together tell a brilliant fantasy story!
As always these ‘historical’ works of Tolkien are a bit more difficult to read but I personally love the poetic nature of them. I also feel that if I’d read Beren and Lúthien before this I would have had a better grasp of some of the Simarill references.
It's an extremely enjoyable read for anyone that wants a bit more Tolkien and I can’t wait to read even more!
Set in the First Age of Middle-Earth at a time when elves were at the height of their power and Morgoth is the dominant evil power filling his lands with orcs, Balrogs and other monstorous creatures on a much larger scale then anything little ol’ Sauron could muster! Having read Children of Húrin a while ago I was super excited to jump back into this period of time!
These reads are a very different experience to a full novel like LOTR. Christopher Tolkien has taken the work of his father and publishes in what could be compared to a historical study of the text. We get the earliest ever form of the full story followed by subsequent dives into how Tolkien developed it as his vision of Middle Earth grew and subsequently the most up to date re-write of the first half of the story, unfortunately J.R.R Tolkien never finished the re-write but I feel the two version together tell a brilliant fantasy story!
As always these ‘historical’ works of Tolkien are a bit more difficult to read but I personally love the poetic nature of them. I also feel that if I’d read Beren and Lúthien before this I would have had a better grasp of some of the Simarill references.
It's an extremely enjoyable read for anyone that wants a bit more Tolkien and I can’t wait to read even more!
lakserk's review against another edition
4.0
Όπως και το Μπέρεν και Λούθιεν, η Πτώση της Γκοντόλιν καταπιάνεται με μια από τις τρεις μεγάλες ιστορίες της Πρώτης Εποχής της Μέσης Γης, και ιχνηλατεί (μέσα απ’ τα χειρόγραφα του συγγραφέα) πώς εξελίχτηκε αυτή στο μυαλό του Τόλκιν. Κεντρικός λοιπόν ήρωας εδώ είναι ο λιγότερο τραγικός εκ των δύο ηρωικών εκείνων ξαδερφιών (Τούριν και Τούορ), ο Τούορ, και η αφήγηση έχει να κάνει με την παιδική του ηλικία, την αναζήτηση και εύρεση της Γκοντόλιν, την ζωή του εκεί, την καταστροφή της πόλης από τις ορδές του Μόργκοθ, καθώς και την τύχη όσων επέζησαν, μέχρι και τον Πόλεμο της Οργής.
Η εξέλιξη του ύφους γραφής αλλά και του περιεχομένου είναι συναρπαστική. Συναντάμε (όπως και στο Μπέρεν και Λούθιεν) τις πρώτες πιο παραμυθένιες απόπειρες (Η πρώτη «Η Ιστορία της Πτώσης της Γκοντόλιν», γράφτηκε γύρω στο 1916 και είναι η μόνη ολοκληρωμένη διήγηση της πτώσης, ενώ περιέχει μια εξαιρετικά λεπτομερή περιγραφή της πολιορκίας και πτώσης της πόλης του Τούργκον) με γλώσσα σαφώς πιο γειωμένη και άτεχνη, για να καταλήξουμε στην τελευταία παραλλαγή (Ο Τούορ και ο ερχομός του στην Γκοντόλιν, η οποία που περιλαμβάνεται επίσης και στις Ατελείωτες Ιστορίες, και η οποία κόβεται δυστυχώς απότομα με την άφιξη του Τούορ στην κρυφή πόλη) που το κείμενό της είναι ένα πανέμορφο γλωσσικό αραβούργημα, ο Τόλκιν στα καλύτερά του.
Η εικονογράφηση από τον Alan Lee είναι υπέροχη, η μετάφραση της Ευγενίας Χατζηθανάση-Κόλλια απολαυστική όπως πάντα, ενώ η ίδια η σκληρόδετη έκδοση από τον Κέδρο είναι ένα μικρό κομψοτέχνημα.
Η εξέλιξη του ύφους γραφής αλλά και του περιεχομένου είναι συναρπαστική. Συναντάμε (όπως και στο Μπέρεν και Λούθιεν) τις πρώτες πιο παραμυθένιες απόπειρες (Η πρώτη «Η Ιστορία της Πτώσης της Γκοντόλιν», γράφτηκε γύρω στο 1916 και είναι η μόνη ολοκληρωμένη διήγηση της πτώσης, ενώ περιέχει μια εξαιρετικά λεπτομερή περιγραφή της πολιορκίας και πτώσης της πόλης του Τούργκον) με γλώσσα σαφώς πιο γειωμένη και άτεχνη, για να καταλήξουμε στην τελευταία παραλλαγή (Ο Τούορ και ο ερχομός του στην Γκοντόλιν, η οποία που περιλαμβάνεται επίσης και στις Ατελείωτες Ιστορίες, και η οποία κόβεται δυστυχώς απότομα με την άφιξη του Τούορ στην κρυφή πόλη) που το κείμενό της είναι ένα πανέμορφο γλωσσικό αραβούργημα, ο Τόλκιν στα καλύτερά του.
Η εικονογράφηση από τον Alan Lee είναι υπέροχη, η μετάφραση της Ευγενίας Χατζηθανάση-Κόλλια απολαυστική όπως πάντα, ενώ η ίδια η σκληρόδετη έκδοση από τον Κέδρο είναι ένα μικρό κομψοτέχνημα.