I'd like to be able to comment on that, Mark S, but haven't read this stuff properly since THE SILMARILLION when I was ... 13? I feel that I set myself rather an unnecessarily difficult and dreary challenge in that instance. I did read it all. I should have focused more on just properly reading THE LORD OF THE RINGS.
The comic book (c.1990?) of THE HOBBIT is very good.
― the pinefox, Saturday, 31 December 2022 13:17 (one year ago) link