The Children of Hurin Review

[Lalwendë]

I'm liking this bit:

More than any other Tolkien work, The Children of Húrin evokes the Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon epics that Tolkien loved and studied and taught and emulated. Its central protagonist, Túrin, is one of the most complex characters in all Middle Earth, a tormented, brooding anti-hero who bears hallmarks of a sword-wielding Heathcliff.

Yet that's not just found in CoH, it's in most of the Sil (Eol is just like a Heathcliff figure), and can also be found in other Tolkien work. It's not just the characters and what they do, their motivations etc. it's in the sparse and brittle Northern language. Like that stark line from the Voluspa:

Understand ye yet, or what?