A review by bibliophilecats
Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth by

informative medium-paced

5.0

The first book by J.R.R. Tolkien I read was The Hobbit and to this day, I have reread it several times and really like it. However, I never could get into LotR and I did not even try with his other works, notably The Silmarillion. But I always appreciated and am fascinated by his working with language. Additionally, I am interested in WW1 (how did this all come to pass and the effect this major change in warfare brought about). 

John Garth is a very good narrator and - my problems with remembering names + personal details aside - it was easy to follow this account. And on top, it was also really intersting. Not having read more of Tolkien’s works, a lot of “oh!” moments were probably lost to me. But it was a fascinating account of his writing in relation to his experiences before and during the war and how he came to imagine his world(s). John Garth was able to paint me a picture of the person "J.R.R. Tolkien”.