Is It Just Me - Page 2

GrayMouser · 08-21-2007, 06:19 AM

Put me down in the ... well, not anti-Sil, let's say, not too enthusiastic party.

The opening parts, I thought, "Ha, read this before in a better-written version."

Liked the First Age for the history, but even then felt something of a loss. The scattered references and hints in LoTR lost something of their magic after having the events laid out in black and white.

Peter_20 · 08-21-2007, 08:53 AM

Personally, I think the Ainulindalë and the Valaquenta get very boring once you know them by heart, and then the book picks up a lot from "Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor", and then it becomes extremely boring at "Of Beleriand and its Realms", and then it becomes very enjoyable once again.

08-21-2007, 06:19 AM	#21
GrayMouser Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ilha Formosa Posts: 2,068	Put me down in the ... well, not anti-Sil, let's say, not too enthusiastic party. The opening parts, I thought, "Ha, read this before in a better-written version." Liked the First Age for the history, but even then felt something of a loss. The scattered references and hints in LoTR lost something of their magic after having the events laid out in black and white. __________________ Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill

08-21-2007, 08:53 AM	#22
Peter_20 Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 104	Personally, I think the Ainulindalë and the Valaquenta get very boring once you know them by heart, and then the book picks up a lot from "Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor", and then it becomes extremely boring at "Of Beleriand and its Realms", and then it becomes very enjoyable once again.