Would YOU recommend it? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

zifnab · 07-02-2007, 10:44 AM

First off, please accept my apologize if this is a thread-restarter.

I've had 'The Children of Hurin' in my shopping cart at SFBC.com for months now, but due to back-ordering/the club closing down/and me not paying bills on time, I have not received it. Now before I do receive it my main question is...

Would you recommend it?

I can read reviews from here to Timbuktu about the prose, the plot, the ideas, the suggestions. But I figured I'd ask my fellow 'downers to help me with this one.

So ... would you? And why would you?

Hilde Bracegirdle · 07-02-2007, 10:55 AM

Most definitely, even if you have read about Turin in the other books available.

Bêthberry · 07-02-2007, 01:06 PM

Yes.

Because.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 07-02-2007, 01:14 PM

100% YES.

Just look at what this has done to me.

luthien-elvenprincess · 07-02-2007, 04:47 PM

Yes, I read it through in two evenings because it was so good. I didn't want to put it down the first night...but I had to work the next day!

Rune Son of Bjarne · 07-02-2007, 05:44 PM

I went out and bought it at once (for some reason it was on sale from day 1), but I only just started reading it a few days ago.

It is alright so far, but it is not like there is anything exeptionally new about it. . . what it does is that it makes the story for Turin easier and depending on your mood more enjoyable to read.

Now you don't have to read the UT and the Sil at the same time

ninja91 · 07-13-2007, 03:32 PM

Yes, especially if you have read most of Tolkien's works, including the Silmarillion. Not reading it would be like missing out on a whole era of Arda's history.

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Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 5,989	Yes. Because. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

07-02-2007, 01:14 PM	#4
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	100% YES. Just look at what this has done to me. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

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luthien-elvenprincess Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: what are you doing here? did you come here to eat my popcorn? Posts: 1,031	Yes, I read it through in two evenings because it was so good. I didn't want to put it down the first night...but I had to work the next day! __________________ York Peppermint Patties taste better than Pearson's Peppermint Patties! But, Junior Mints are the best!

07-02-2007, 10:55 AM	#2
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	Most definitely, even if you have read about Turin in the other books available.