A review by linneak2002
J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century by Tom Shippey

5.0

2023: This was not a typical biography narrating the author's life. It was a Literary Biography going through all of Tolkein's works and some of his writings about his works. I would highly recommend this book, but I'd suggest having read at least The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings first, and maybe some of his short stories as well.

I loved how Shippey went into the history of certain words that Tolkien used. Language is a beautiful thing.