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rantanplan · 03-19-2024, 03:36 AM

I have finished The Silmarillion on Sunday. The book was a bit challenging, but not as bad as I imagined it would be. It was a beautiful, but sometimes quite frustrating read, because most of it deals with

Spoiler:

. The book also paints the Elves in a very dark light, from the Lord of the Rings I wouldn't have imagined them as so petty and cruel.

03-19-2024, 03:36 AM	#24
rantanplan Weirdo Posts: 683 Karma: 8902748 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Wuppertal, Germany Device: Tolino Shine Color, Tolino Vision 6, Kobo Clara 2E, Boox Note Air 2+	I have finished The Silmarillion on Sunday. The book was a bit challenging, but not as bad as I imagined it would be. It was a beautiful, but sometimes quite frustrating read, because most of it deals with Spoiler: Melkor/Morgoth killing all the people you just started caring about . The book also paints the Elves in a very dark light, from the Lord of the Rings I wouldn't have imagined them as so petty and cruel.