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A review by mimirtells
A Dictionary of Tolkien by David Day
5.0
5/5 Stars (%95/100)
A brilliant and must-have dictionary for Tolkien fans but also very useful for people who are reading his books or plan to. There is information about pretty much everything; places, trees, birds, creatures, elves, men, dwarves, and many more that I am not even going to bother to write. The descriptions are usually short but very informative. Some are longer than others such as Elves, Valar, Men, Bilbo Baggins, and other more important characters and places. Thus, whenever I need to look up a word about Tolkien's works, I am going to read this book instead of using the Internet. On top of being a great dictionary, there are a lot of illustrations about the characters, places and so forth. The only thing that bothered me a bit is the fact that they are all in black and white. I have David Day's The Dark Powers of Tolkien and the illustrations in that book are all colored and the overall design of the book is better in my opinion. Finally, I think this is a brilliant book if you want to easily access information about Tolkien's world and also a very good piece to have as part of a collection.
A brilliant and must-have dictionary for Tolkien fans but also very useful for people who are reading his books or plan to. There is information about pretty much everything; places, trees, birds, creatures, elves, men, dwarves, and many more that I am not even going to bother to write. The descriptions are usually short but very informative. Some are longer than others such as Elves, Valar, Men, Bilbo Baggins, and other more important characters and places. Thus, whenever I need to look up a word about Tolkien's works, I am going to read this book instead of using the Internet. On top of being a great dictionary, there are a lot of illustrations about the characters, places and so forth. The only thing that bothered me a bit is the fact that they are all in black and white. I have David Day's The Dark Powers of Tolkien and the illustrations in that book are all colored and the overall design of the book is better in my opinion. Finally, I think this is a brilliant book if you want to easily access information about Tolkien's world and also a very good piece to have as part of a collection.