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A review by shallwehavetea
The Book of Lost Tales, Part One by Christopher Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien
4.0
When you think of J.R.R Tolkien, you always think of The Lord Of The Rings or The Hobbit, yet it is interesting to look in to the works and the tales and the history in which Tolkien created too. There is so much history to be learnt when it comes to Middle Earth and before, that sometimes its easy to forget that Tolkien created a whole world outside of the famous franchise.
The history is rich in mythology and information, of who came first and who came next, including the names and their stories. Even within the first book, you get given so much information, that you could almost go in to overdrive and burn out, but having the extra information that Christopher adds to each of his father's tales gives you a good insight in to his mind and the way that he worked as well as learning about how he wrote and drafted each tale.
The history is rich in mythology and information, of who came first and who came next, including the names and their stories. Even within the first book, you get given so much information, that you could almost go in to overdrive and burn out, but having the extra information that Christopher adds to each of his father's tales gives you a good insight in to his mind and the way that he worked as well as learning about how he wrote and drafted each tale.