The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien, Martin Shaw Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Silmarillion
Book Review: La bible de Tolkien
Summary: 1 Stars
Qui a déjà lu la bible? En voila une autre...J'ai eu le temps de lire trois autres livres avant de finir celui là. Et c'était pour savoir d'où venait les Hobbits que je l'ai tout lu.
Si j'avais un conseil à donner, je vous dirais de le lire par la fin, où il y a une chronologie des évènements.
Non on ne gagne pas à lire ce livre à moins de faire une recherche sur l'oeuvre de Tolkien.
Book Review: Listen before you read!
Summary: 4 Stars
I tried several times to read The Silmarillion, but usually became bogged down with the names and lost in the various places. However, after listening to Martin Shaw's wonderful melodic voice, the story seemed to fall into place. Hearing the names aloud makes them all the more real, and for any lover of LOTR I highly recommend hearing this tale at some point (but especially for those who've tried to read it and found it wanting!). It's also a great way to get a clearer picture of the fantastic history of Middle Earth .
Book Review: Long, detailed but good
Summary: 5 Stars
This recording is done very well. Even though the info in this book is tough to follow Martin Shaw does n excelent job at the pronouciations and making the story line flow. I know I couldn't have sat down & read the text version of this book, but being able to listen to it made a difference and now I understand the Lord of the Rings Trilogy better.Book Review: Martin Shaw Bring This Book LIFE!
Summary: 5 Stars
For years I've tried to read The Silmarillion and failed. Oh sure I would read sections dealing with Balrogs, Galadriel, the Istari, Sauron, and the like but as many who've read this book know, it's hard to read. Therefor may I suggest to those of you who want to know what lies within The Silmarillion but have a hard time reading it, GET THIS UNABRIDGED AUDIO VERSION! Martin Shaw reads this book and he does an outstanding job! Not only does he have an excellent reading voice, but his narrating style flows so well that Tolkien's work springs to life within the mind's eye! Of course anyone who can breeze through all of the elvish and drarfish names as easily as Martin does deserves some praise! Whether you get this on CD or cassette, you can't go wrong with this reading of The Silmarillion!
Book Review: Martin Shaw really gets Tolkien!
Summary: 5 Stars
Many years ago, I listened to about 1/3 of this unabridged on CD reading, but never got through it. Later in life I picked up and put down the novel, reading all words in between. (That was a bit of a loyal, grueling effort!) A couple months ago I started listening to the CD again, and finished this morning. Let me just say that Martin Shaw totally gets Tolkien. The accent, the pronunciations, even the different voices. The story came alive through his narration, and with the listening of this CD set the words I'd read long ago came alive again but this time managed to stick in a way that I can truly say that now _I_ get The Silmarillion. Bravo to JRR Tolkien and his son the editor for letting us enjoy this history of the world Tolkien created. And bravo to Mr Shaw for a masterful storytelling that left me longing for more. The dramatic music at the start and close of each major section was the icing on the cake of this wonderful unabridged audio book on CD.