phoenixtrilobite t1_itfbwzb wrote on October 23, 2022 at 5:43 AM

The Silmarilion is a hard book to love as a casual reader, and that's partly because it was such a labor of love by the author. You need to be as swept up in Middle Earth as Tolkien was to appreciate its every nuance, and if you aren't prepared for it you can easily get overwhelmed by just how much nuance and complexity there is. I'd say that being enchanted by the Lord of the Rings is almost definitely a prerequisite for enjoying this book.

cefalea1 t1_itgoo7i wrote on October 23, 2022 at 2:53 PM

Idk, I read the first book of LoTR and found it kind of boring. However I was completely enchanted when reading The Silmarillion and it is one of my favorite books to date.

No_Technician1257 t1_ith39r8 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 4:35 PM

Me too. I first read The Hobbit and LOTR and, although I liked them, when I really went crazy for Tolkien was when I read The Children of Húrin, from there I went on to The Silmarillion and there it stayed as my favorite book.