Evan Pimental

This book enlightened and amazed me. I’m in tears and speechless.

An epic unmatched in depth, scale, character and heart, a truly timeless story. Tolkien’s gift to the soul.

A sweeping and majestic tale of heroism, tragedy, romance and evil being overcome grander than both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. It follows the story of the World of Arda, Tolkien’s “secondary world” from its conception by Eru (the One or God) Illúvitar and the music of the Ainur, to the forging of the Silmarils, jewels which contain the light of the trees of Valinor, to the Oath of Fëanor, to the beautiful tale of Beren and Lúthien, to the tragedy of Túrin Turambar and the dragon Glaurung, to the solemn and epic Fall of Gondolin, to the final War of Wrath, where the fate of the world is decided at last. The Silmarillion is an epic and Tolkien’s life’s work, and I think everybody, a fan of fantasy or not, should read it despite its writing style.

A masterpiece of fantasy and animation. The book is brought to life in a much more whimsical way than the Jackson films, and in the spirit of the book. The music is superb and you’ll fall in love with the characters. A timeless story of friendship, love, and hope battling darkness in the land of Middle-Earth. In my opinion, much better than the Peter Jackson movies. Maybe that’s just because it has that spirit the book had that I didn’t feel in the Jackson films. Bakshi is a genius.