Not Tolkien's more memorable piece of works......
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Yes Tolkien's son has done a good job of presenting the book and explaining as much as he can. Furthermore Alan Lee's drawings are, as always, top drawer. However I thought the story was depressing and the number of names/characters used started to annoy me. I never ended up caring about any of the characters. Overall average.
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im sorry but it is a disgusting concept - utterly dissapointed!!!!
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i was just about to but the book when i actually read the synopsis from encarta and was shocked to know that turin and his sister end up unintentionally marrying each other - thats incest!!!!! ewwwwww i physically felt sick honestly....
the story is not really related to the LOTR and it was soooo hamlet like tragedy which put me off as im a big fan of the hobbit and LOTR....
anyways i didnt wish to buy the book anymore... im gonna wait till the silmarillion comes out as that is more related to the forging of the rings!
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I'll keep it simple
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If like me you love The Lord of The Rings but couldn't get to grips with the Silmarilion then give this a go, but be warned there's some pretty dark material but well worth a read.
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Like the book of job only less cheerful
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This story was so miserable and grim - an unending tale of stupid act after stupid act as our hero/heroine stumble from one disaster to another. Endless mind numbing genealogies, - sigh. A real depressive story and I don't think christopher lee's narration helped either - it wasnt quite right - too - leaden I think. Yes I did wade through all 8 cds and I would not recommend it.
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Children of Hurin
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Overall The Children of Hurin benefits from a good story. Unfortunately there are also drawbacks. Firstly, the text is far too slight and lacks the descriptive elemnts that brought Hobbit, Simarillion, and LOTR to life. Secondly there are far too many obtuse names cropping up here and there. The introduction at the start that lays out the context is helpful, as is the glossary of names at the back, but it is annoying flicking backwards and forwards for help from these. Unless you have the ability to store hundreds of random fantasy names of course.
However, the story moves swiftly and the pages do fly by, and though many characters are undeveloped the central character of Turin is very well written. Turin is kind of like Conrad's 'Lord Jim', owing all his mistakes to a arrogant notion of pride. His character gives the book a tragic feel due to the fact that wherever he goes he ruins everything for people there! The idea of this being due to a curse on Hurin from Morgoth is good but more development of Morgoth/Hurin's side of the story throughout would have given a more balenced feel.
Good story though, quite a nice quick read, and much easier to get into than most of his denser 'background' works.
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