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A review by isabellarobinson7
The Ring Legends of Tolkien by David Day
Rating: sacrilegious stars
Do not, and I repeat, DO NOT rely on Davis Day for information ANY even slightly regarding Tolkien. Just don't. I may have written a positive review of one of his books 3 years ago, but I plead ignorance. I was naive. Since then, I have gone down many a Google rabbit hole of why he is not the most accurate in terms of Tolkien lore, and how he likes to extrapolate and make things up to then present them as fact, when they have little to no basis in truth. One of my favourite quotes from my travels is from actual Tolkien scholar, Michael Martinez (who knew that would have to be clarified), who said:
Do not, and I repeat, DO NOT rely on Davis Day for information ANY even slightly regarding Tolkien. Just don't. I may have written a positive review of one of his books 3 years ago, but I plead ignorance. I was naive. Since then, I have gone down many a Google rabbit hole of why he is not the most accurate in terms of Tolkien lore, and how he likes to extrapolate and make things up to then present them as fact, when they have little to no basis in truth. One of my favourite quotes from my travels is from actual Tolkien scholar, Michael Martinez (who knew that would have to be clarified), who said:
"In Tolkien scholarship the worst insult one could deliver at any point for many years was equivalent to 'That sounds like something David Day wrote'."
Now that is one craftily worded insult. It gets my seal of approval.
I have decided not to rate this book out of respect for the artists who put all their hard work into creating some truly beautiful illustrations. They are not to be blamed for the unsavoury words their wonderful pictures are set opposite. I don't know if this will achieve anything, but I feel more comfortable doing so.