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Originally Posted by rriebsomer
Hi. I'm new here.
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Welcome to the Downs
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It's very dark and tragic. It's a complex legendarium beginning with a creation story and a fall out of paradise. There is not as much dialogue.
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I do mourn the lack of dialogue, but then again, the book would cover five thousand pages or more if Tolkien had entertained that idea.
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Tolkien started writing this while in the trenches at the Battle of the Somme in WW I. I'm not sure that it's as mature a creation as the Lord of the Rings.
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It is younger, yes, but I find it infinitely more mature than LotR either way, aside from a few paragraphs/chapters.
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For me the most interesting story is Beren and Luthien.
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Really? I hated that one
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I think many readers find it pessimistic and would prefer the eucatastrophe of the Lord of the Rings, the happily ever after ending.
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I really do not think that LotR had a 'happily ever after' ending, and am duly grateful for that. It left a bittersweet aftertaste that I could digest more easily than a sickly sweet one.