Children of Hurin: book discussion. (spoilers!)Follow

I'm not sure how many are still interested in debating this book, but doesn't hurt to start a thread about it!

In short: I didn't like it. Although this could be merely my increasing lack of interest in fantasy or just an extension of what I felt when I read "The Lord of the Rings" itself. That one too was a book I had to drag myself through some parts. (not "The Hobbit" which basically reads itself, very fun book)

But either way, it's a book I'll never reread. The language is archaic, could be the translation but I doubt it, and the story just isn't all that interesting. (which ofcourse LoTR doesn't suffer from, to say the least)

It reads a bit like a bible, which perhaps is done to keep a reference to "The Silmarillion" but it seriously bothered me.

In the beginning it read very much like the Silmarillion, but half way through it gets better to read.

I also don't see the point in publishing this book. There was hardly any content added that wasn't already in the Silmarillion.

I got this book from the library and I didn't care for it too much. Like others said you didn't really learn anything that you didn't know before if you followed the lure.

My aunt's old dog was named Húrin.

Always struck me as an odd name. Wasn't until I read the books that I found the meaning. She's an avid reader as well.