A review by queerofthedagger
The Book of Lost Tales Part 1 by J.R.R. Tolkien

adventurous challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

I do this every time, but I am once again in awe of the work Christopher Tolkien did on this. That aside, it was also fascinating to read some of the early drafts of what was to become the Silmarillion, the things that would get changed as well as those that stayed as the basis through countless years and rewritings. 

That said, we really are in draft-land now. There are missing sections, words, things that can only be guessed at, and approximately yet another three new/old names for characters that already have five. Personally, this is a feature and incredibly interesting, but it is by no means an on-going narration or tale.