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The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien
adventurous
informative
4.5
To preface this review:
I have read both Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, but not any of Tolkien's other unfinished works. It was only after I started reading this that I quickly learnt this was the last book in the series edited and published by his son, Christopher Tolkien.
This book did a fantastic job of putting together not only the original tale told within the Silmarillion, expanding upon it and explaining it's differences, but also gave an insight into Tolkien's methodology as a whole. I knew Christopher (J.R.R. Tolkien's son and editor for these books) had been left with a multitude of notes by J.R.R. but never quite the extent or potentially paradoxical notations. Regardless of this, Christopher did a fantastic job of taking us through these multitude of notes regarding the Fall of Gondolin and it's surrounding cast. I'm left not only with a greater understand of the story, but also a greater appreciation of Tolkien and his life work that is Middle Earth.
I am 1000% going to read the other books once I get my hands on them!
I have read both Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, but not any of Tolkien's other unfinished works. It was only after I started reading this that I quickly learnt this was the last book in the series edited and published by his son, Christopher Tolkien.
This book did a fantastic job of putting together not only the original tale told within the Silmarillion, expanding upon it and explaining it's differences, but also gave an insight into Tolkien's methodology as a whole. I knew Christopher (J.R.R. Tolkien's son and editor for these books) had been left with a multitude of notes by J.R.R. but never quite the extent or potentially paradoxical notations. Regardless of this, Christopher did a fantastic job of taking us through these multitude of notes regarding the Fall of Gondolin and it's surrounding cast. I'm left not only with a greater understand of the story, but also a greater appreciation of Tolkien and his life work that is Middle Earth.
I am 1000% going to read the other books once I get my hands on them!