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The Children of Húrin
by J.R.R. Tolkien
from Houghton Mifflin

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• THE CHILDREN OF TURIN BOOK
  I was very pleased with the book and the conditon it was in was perfect! I will order from them again.

• Good, but better for hard core Tolkien fans
  I rate this book a 3 because it is a true split -- serious Tolkien fans will love it, others may not.
  Readers who have delved into more than the Lord of the Rings will enjoy The Children of Hurin. It provides background to Middle Earth and gives the reader a chance to engage in some really thoughtful conversations with others.
  If you are a fan only of the LotR trilogy, think before reading this. It is more dry and more compact than the LotR books.

• A Worthy Succesor To The Lord Of The Rings
  As a person who read the previous incarnations of this tale in The Silmarillion and The Unfinished Tales, it's safe to say that I was already a fan of this book before it was ever released. However, I'm pleased to see that this was more than just a cheap attempt to milk the cow by putting out the same story multiple times as George Lucas keeps doing with his Star Wars re-releases. The Children of Hurin contains several never before seen chapters and illustrations which help to further expand the story.more info

• Very engaging. A book for Tolkien fans and lovers of Medieval style lore.
  This is the first Tolkien book that I have read since the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. I found it engaging and exciting. I had to get by, as some critics noted, the long list of who's who in Middle Earth (I am not into ME lore), but gliding through the names and their lineage I was well rewarded. The personalities are well developed. The story is very dark and tragic with interesting insight by the author on human, Dwarfish and Elvish behavior. This book is a good stand alone book, I enjoyed it without... more info

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