Book review

I finished reading Tolkien’s Children of Húrin last week, and I liked it quite a bit. The first 70-80 pages dragged a bit, as the main character is a child and events all feel like a set up for the main part of the story. But once the central character, Túrin, gets a bit older and starts hitting people with swords, the story really takes off. It’s much shorter that LOTR, and much darker than The Hobbit. Anyone with no familiarity with Middle Earth might find it too inaccessible, but it’s much easier to get into than The Silmarillian, which I have never finished and have no desire to pick up again.