The Children of Hurin

[Scorch the Mind Mage]

I personally think that this was the best book of all his writings. What do you think of this book.

[Garawen]

Nope. He did not even finish it. There are parts that are not smooth and is missing some pieces linking the text. But it is a vision a little more closer to the history of Middle Earth.

[Cara Ordinary Vanity]

I will admit, I haven't read this one yet, it's next on my list. I spent years reading The Hobbit and LOTR and then finally read The Silmarillion (everyone said "Don't read it - it's super hard!" pfft - whatever). Now that I've read that, I'm rereading LOTR. It's actually more enjoyable after having read The Silmarillion.

But I digress!! Reading the Silmarillion got me very interested in The Children of Hurin. I've heard from extremely reliable sources that it's brilliant - of which I have no doubt. Tolkien didn't finish The Silmarillion either but it's CLEARLY just as good as or better than Lord of the Rings. Just saying smile

Anyway, really looking forward to reading The Children of Hurin. As soon as I finish LOTR again (I'm in FOTR - The Council of Elrond), I will be reading it immediately! biggrin

[42paperairplanes]

I love it. It was EPIC, brah. I actually cried once sweatdrop heh. And then this happened! And then that! oooh it wasn't predictable, which was another reason I liked it. It was just a really, really great read. Next on my list is the Silmarillion heart

[Scorch the Mind Mage]

I especially like the part when he used the hill as a fort and had all those theives and others with him, that was like super robin hood.

[The Sycamore Lady]

Honestly, it's probably his best story.

Did you ever read the "Turin Turambar" chapter of the Silmarillion? It's the same story, although admittedly not as fully fleshed out. It's a shame he never lived to publish it personally - however fantastic an editor Christopher Tolkien is, I still I wish I knew what version Tolkien himself would have preferred.

Anyway, heartwreching story, and I love it. I love the tragedy, and the humanism, and the slaying of the dragon, and all the norse/anglo-saxon narrative and thematic references, and everything. It's fantastic.

[jedinightwing]

The Sycamore Lady

Honestly, it's probably his best story.

Did you ever read the "Turin Turambar" chapter of the Silmarillion? It's the same story, although admittedly not as fully fleshed out. It's a shame he never lived to publish it personally - however fantastic an editor Christopher Tolkien is, I still I wish I knew what version Tolkien himself would have preferred.

Anyway, heartwreching story, and I love it. I love the tragedy, and the humanism, and the slaying of the dragon, and all the norse/anglo-saxon narrative and thematic references, and everything. It's fantastic.

Unfortunately he never lived to finish the chapters in The Silmarillion.
In the introduction to "The Book of Lost Tales", Christopher Tolkien talks about how The Silmarillion is a hard read since it's not told like a normal novel (in which you have a central narrator), that he wanted to go back to the earlier notes (which is where the 2 books of lost tales came from)...

That said, Children of Hurin is an amazing read. But if you've read the Silmarillion, then you already know the story.

[Nikomikiri]

I like the story itself but it's written so much like a history book rather than a story that I had a hard time getting really emotionally attached to the characters.

[Questina]

I loved this one. It's just so TRAGIC! crying

[Whatever W0rks]

I absolutely loved it. Yeah, it felt a bit broken in some parts, but the overall story and the beauty of the parts that were complete definitely made up for it's few flaws.

I read the entire LOTR series in a span of about two weeks, and I then read The Hobbit a month later or so. I obsessed over the movies and books, reread them all, and then my fandom kind of faded (not so much faded but... it wasn't my main obsession any more). A year later, I'm rerereading the books on a road trip, and I see in the back of the book a list of all the other books that Tolkien wrote. When I got home, I went to the library and picked up the first one I saw. It was The Children of Hurin. I read it in like, two weeks or so. I effin' loved it, and then when my cousin heard that I was into all that, he gave me his long abandoned copy of The Silmarillion. I've been (veryveryVERY) slowly reading it since then... Yeah. It's been two years since I first started it ^__^". Not exactly matching my speed with all the other books >3>.

I'm done with my story now smile

SOYEAH. The Children of Hurin is fantastic. And now I can't wait to read that bit in The Silmarillion biggrin <333