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lizshayne 's review for:
The Children of Húrin
by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
challenging
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Okay, I just want to know who went up to Tolkien one day and said "I dare you to mash up Macbeth and Oedipus Rex, but set in Middle Earth."
(Note, I don't think this happened, but I do think that *if* it happened, it was CS Lewis who did it.)
Anyway, that's...basically the Lay of the Children of Húrin, just in high Tolkien-esque and, I mean, I realize this review is not selling it to anyone who doesn't already want to read it but, like, it's extremely good content if this is your content. No one does myth like Tolkien. He's one of the few authors who can write in the high mythic style without either falling out of the style when trying to talk about real people or making his characters impossible and too remote to relate to.
Also, Sir Christopher Lee reads the book and, I mean, what else is there?
(Note, I don't think this happened, but I do think that *if* it happened, it was CS Lewis who did it.)
Anyway, that's...basically the Lay of the Children of Húrin, just in high Tolkien-esque and, I mean, I realize this review is not selling it to anyone who doesn't already want to read it but, like, it's extremely good content if this is your content. No one does myth like Tolkien. He's one of the few authors who can write in the high mythic style without either falling out of the style when trying to talk about real people or making his characters impossible and too remote to relate to.
Also, Sir Christopher Lee reads the book and, I mean, what else is there?