I remembered devouring the LotR trilogy repeatedly as a kid. I must've read the Hobbit over 20 times, not even exaggerating. Not to mention a bunch of other large series at the time.
Then I tried reading the Silmarillion much later while I was in college... it was a snooze factory. Granted, that might've been partly the fault of the Silmarillion itself since it was finished by Chris instead of J.R.R., and the fact that it wasn't really made to be a "story" in the same way as the previous works from my understanding, but still.
The Silmarillion is a slog. The beginning is quite good though as it details the creation of middle earth. However, it gets bogged down in so many name drops that you have to reference the genealogy tables in the back of the book.
I used to read a lot. I used to get so involved I'd spend days reading with little sleep. Nowadays I read 3 pages and get sleepy
Same.
I remembered devouring the LotR trilogy repeatedly as a kid. I must've read the Hobbit over 20 times, not even exaggerating. Not to mention a bunch of other large series at the time.
Then I tried reading the Silmarillion much later while I was in college... it was a snooze factory. Granted, that might've been partly the fault of the Silmarillion itself since it was finished by Chris instead of J.R.R., and the fact that it wasn't really made to be a "story" in the same way as the previous works from my understanding, but still.
The Silmarillion is a slog. The beginning is quite good though as it details the creation of middle earth. However, it gets bogged down in so many name drops that you have to reference the genealogy tables in the back of the book.