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cimoreneI'm trying to read the Silmarillion again! This might be the third time.
This time I made it through the creation story bit, and I still thought the musical element came out weird and naff and didn't really work.
I'm enjoying the elf parts, which, while boring at times, are mainly like reading an encyclopedia. At times it reminds me of Edith Hamilton's Mythology, one of my favorite books in elementary school. But at others it's hilariously even less narrative (or more so, but the narrative is too boring and has too many names to keep track of and I lose the thread, so in that sense, a bit like an Icelandic saga... albeit their polar opposite in level of detail).
This time I made it through the creation story bit, and I still thought the musical element came out weird and naff and didn't really work.
I'm enjoying the elf parts, which, while boring at times, are mainly like reading an encyclopedia. At times it reminds me of Edith Hamilton's Mythology, one of my favorite books in elementary school. But at others it's hilariously even less narrative (or more so, but the narrative is too boring and has too many names to keep track of and I lose the thread, so in that sense, a bit like an Icelandic saga... albeit their polar opposite in level of detail).
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Date: 21 Dec 2023 05:38 pm (UTC)I do not recommend trying to read it in one sitting like a regular book. Read a chapter and then take a break!
The family trees in the back were essential for me to keep everyone straight.
Hope you find some of it enjoyable.
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Date: 21 Dec 2023 08:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 22 Dec 2023 02:45 am (UTC)(Pictured: #1 Name Offender, Nelyafinwë Maitimo 'Russandol' 'Maedhros' Fëanorion)
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Date: 22 Dec 2023 08:26 am (UTC)I'm having a lot of fun now that I conceptualize it as Wikipedia surfing and not reading a collection of stories.
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Date: 22 Dec 2023 03:56 pm (UTC)I just think, for me, it's very wearying to try to read The Sil in one go like a regular narrative book. Because it is not that at all. YMMV.
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Date: 22 Dec 2023 03:57 pm (UTC)