I've had a lot of trouble trying to get into the Silmarillion.
I recently came up with a solution for me, though:
On my site I started a small project to summarise the book. Each chapter will be broken down into biographies of the characters, lists of places, and a summary of each story or section.
Once this is done, I should be able to use this simplified version to grasp the basics of the whole book put together.
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'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age?
2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.
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