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jayclark 's review for:
The Silmarillion
by J.R.R. Tolkien
This book is just kinda exactly what my friend sounds like when they explain their as-yet-unwritten story to me. Which is to say that this kind of thing is fascinating and engaging as a peek into the mind of the author but kind of boring as an actual published novel. I do think knowing all this lore adds a dimension to the experience of the actual books themselves, though.