The Children of Hurin is a story written by J.R.R. Tolkien and it is referenced in his other published works. His son Christopher Tolkien is the literary executor of his estate. Christopher Tolkien edited the work for publishing as he also did with The Silmarillion, The Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-earth.
This story is set in Middle-earth; the same setting as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. This story predates these stories. It is a story of the son of a human lord who fights the evil Morgoth and is captured in a great battle known as The Battle of Unnumbered Tears. The story follows the life of Turin, the son of the lord Hurin, and his trials, adventures, and heartache. Turin shows great capacity to lead and fight, but his good qualities are countered by his brashness.
This story is a tragedy. It was great to read something that doesn't necessarily have happiness and good luck for the protagonist throughout the story. The beginning of the book was very difficult to read. The story doesn't have the same feel of Tolkien's other more famous works. Thinking about it, the closest experience I can equate reading it to is reading the Old Testament. It had several paragraphs describing genealogies. There were also times that use of pronouns were confusing. These things were all tools in the development of the story and I thought it fit the story well. Some readers will get tired of this though. This said, I recommend this book. Know that sticking it out for a couple chapters will be worth it in the end.
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