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A review by lizshayne
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
So, first of all, Serkis's narration is fantastic and you absolutely get the sense of a bard or skald reciting the tales by listening to them and also, I don't know this sequence works if you are not the kind of person who read the encyclopedia of greco-roman mythologiy cover to cover as a child...
But I have come to love it and to feel strongly about the characters as something between mythic figures and characters in narrative because the sketches of them are so vivid and it feels like Story.
Also I had to take an almost weeklong break before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad (which incidentally I still can't spell) because it makes me really sad. There's a lot of fate and doom and also temporary victories but, more than anything else, there's the sense of Story. And I really needed it.
But I have come to love it and to feel strongly about the characters as something between mythic figures and characters in narrative because the sketches of them are so vivid and it feels like Story.
Also I had to take an almost weeklong break before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad (which incidentally I still can't spell) because it makes me really sad. There's a lot of fate and doom and also temporary victories but, more than anything else, there's the sense of Story. And I really needed it.