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The Children of Húrin

J.R.R. Tolkien

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Feb 07, 2015 Amanda rated it liked it

Shelves: 3-stars, rec-from-geeks, recs-geeky, classics

I fell into a Tolkien well recently, which is surprising because aside from The Hobbit (and the PJ movies), I have almost nothing good to say about Tolkien's writing. I can quote a lot about the characters directly from them, and I've both read the books and listened to them, so I have beeen without some dedicated study to those opinions.

Children of Hurin sort fell squarely in a lot of the problems I had the trilogy, and the way men act. I was amazed how much it became a Greek Tragedy by the en ...more

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Aug 23, 2007 Lissa rated it really liked it

THe story of the Children of Hurin is a chapter from the Silmirillion that was expanded with Tolkein's notes to make a full book. It is perhaps the most depressing story of all those that have been written in the Tolkein universe. Basically, Hurin pisses off Melkor (pre-Sauron baddie) and is forced to watch as his family is forced to suffer under a great curse. It is an entire book of nothing but misery - I believe the only Tolkein story with suicides, and there are a few. It is very well writte ...more

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