Finally excited to be here after a long break. Never read any books as well.
The Fall of Gondolin is a pretty neat book. Christopher has done his best conveying what his father wanted. But, the problem I had was that it never felt like reading the books wrote by the OG Tolkien. There is something lacking in this and The Children of Húrin, that I can’t really point it out. Maybe, it’s just me because I know these books were released posthumously after Tolkien’s death.
The book was pretty captivating and gives us some ideas of how Christopher came into bringing these draft works of Tolkien into full fledged novels. Wish J.R.R. Tolkien lived long enough to write to complete all the Middle-Earth books and lore. I am not complaining about Christopher though. Anything is better than nothing.
I wish I knew I had to read The Silmarillion and the other predecessors of this book in its order. That way I wouldn’t be confused about some parts of the story telling. (Advice for future readers)
This book was pretty much comparing the versions of Tolkien and it kinda bored me out because of the constant repetitiveness in the latter part of the book. Some dialogues were hard to comprehend for me, some I felt like Yoda (the one from Star Wars) talking.
Any how this book is a must read for all the Middle-Earthers as it dives into more lore and history of Middle-Earth before it was known as Middle-Earth. Just make sure to follow the order it is intended to be read (It’s there on Wikipedia).
by zzuhruf