The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Children of Hurin
Book Review: Waste of Money
Summary: 2 Stars
I am sorry, must of the people that write a review for this book (a lot of them been fantasay readers), either totally love it, or they just don't bother writing anything at all. This book felt short and it was lacking some connectivity "IF INDEED" it was near to been pre lord of the rings. i am not sure if they aim to have this as a prequel for the movie BUT if it is, it will do horrible in the box office, bad connection, semi-good read if you dont think is pre lord of the ring. I gave this to a friend after 6 months he could only get past chapter 3.
Some people have pointed out to me that this book has nothing to do with lord of the rings (true), read my review carefully i am not saying it is lord of rings pre-quels. I am saying "IF" as when i bought this, the advertisement for the book was done with that in mind, maybe it was misleading. Nevertheless, beyond that it is a semi ok book to read and past the time NOT GREAT as lord of the ring as I was expeting.
So hopefully, to clarify (THIS IS NOT A PREQUEL) THOUGHT THEY MENTION SOME PLACES IN MIDDLE EARTH THAT YOU WILL RECOGNIZED FROM LOR.:) hope this helps
Book Review: Where's the music?
Summary: 3 Stars
Christopher Tolkien has done a great job editing the prequel material to the Lord of the Rings to produce this dramatic and stirring tale of a tragic warrior. The book earns a place on my fantasy bookshelf because no fan of the LOTR could fail to find this of interest.
But although J.R.R.Tolkien was a great writer, it does not follow that this is a great book nor would it have any interest to the reading public were it not by Tolkien. For one thing it is written in his worst style, one modeled after the Icelandic sagas, which I label Bombastic High Fantasy. Some of the dialog is so thickly larded with metaphors artificial, obscure and mixed that it is impossible to extract the meaning from the words. One becomes dependent on the reactions of the other characters; thus if someone storms out of the hall one can guess there was something insulting in the preceding passage. This may be believable in the courts of kings or elven lords, but in outlaw caves it strains the reader's credulity.
The style and the melodramatic quality of the story had the same effect of an opera libretto from the depths of the Romantic Era. I kept expecting an orchestra to strike up in grand fashion with music worthy of Beethoven or Wagner. I think this might make a pretty good opera; I've mixed feelings about the work as a novel. At first I thought that this book might have remained unpublished; I didn't think it added to Tolkien's reputation as a writer. The quality of the writing did not engage my emotions and I found the characters to be overdrawn.
But about a third of the way through the book, I found my reading had adapted to the style of the tale and I began to enjoy it as Bilbo might, listening to the elves sing the story in Rivendell. The story was uneven and fragmentary and certain themes repeated, because that's how legends are. THE CHILDREN OF HURIN represents an important way station in the growth of Tolkien as a writer. The book has been superbly illustrated by Alan Lee. It's a cultural treasure of Middle-Earth come down to our time and well worth the effort to those who are interested in that place.
Book Review: confusing
Summary: 3 Stars
i got confused several times as to what was going on. It did not hold my attention vary well.