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thomas_edmund 's review for:
Beren and Lúthien
by J.R.R. Tolkien
I find it really hard to rate and review Beren and Luthien. Like a proper fool I assumed that Christopher Tolkien had cobbled a narrative together for this book, but what one really gets is exerts and drafts and summary from Christopher on the tale, so the book includes some repetition, pieces that have been published elsewhere and large sections of the "Lay of Luthien" a long-form poem of the saga.
This was probably obvious to most picking up the book but its worth pointing out to interested parties that this is what you'll be getting into with Beren and Luthien. The book is an absolute must for Tolkien fans who want to dive into his uncompleted works and hear Christopher explaining JRR's history with the work etc.
In terms of the content itself it is actually pretty epic, although somewhat bittersweet knowing that the full tale was never fully realized. There are tastes of North Mythology and Tolkien's signature knack for world-building, and if anything it does provide an interesting context for Aragon and Arwen in LoTRs.
Bring on the mini-series Amazon!
This was probably obvious to most picking up the book but its worth pointing out to interested parties that this is what you'll be getting into with Beren and Luthien. The book is an absolute must for Tolkien fans who want to dive into his uncompleted works and hear Christopher explaining JRR's history with the work etc.
In terms of the content itself it is actually pretty epic, although somewhat bittersweet knowing that the full tale was never fully realized. There are tastes of North Mythology and Tolkien's signature knack for world-building, and if anything it does provide an interesting context for Aragon and Arwen in LoTRs.
Bring on the mini-series Amazon!