The Children of Húrin reviews: Difference between revisions
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*[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/fiction/article1639071.ece Away with the fairies] by Tom Deveson (The Sunday Times) | *[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/fiction/article1639071.ece Away with the fairies] by Tom Deveson (The Sunday Times) | ||
*[http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070418/FEATURES05/704180408 Just kick the hobbit and don't suffer 'The Children of Hurin'] by Marta Salij (FreeP.com) | *[http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070418/FEATURES05/704180408 Just kick the hobbit and don't suffer 'The Children of Hurin'] by Marta Salij (FreeP.com) | ||
*[http://books.guardian.co.uk/digestedread/story/0,,2064264,00.html The Digested Read (Column/Parody)] by John Crace | |||
Revision as of 01:42, 14 June 2007
Below is a list of reviews of The Children of Húrin.
Positive
- 'New' Tolkien splendidly rewarding by Bruce DeSilva (AP)
- What took them so long? by Bryan Appleyard (The Sunday Times)
- Lord of the ruins by Andrew O'Hehir (Salon.com)
- The Children of Húrin Review by Michael Drout
- The Children of Húrin - Tolkien is back with a vengeance Commentary by Marcel Bülles
- Middle-earth is back by hoc/Reuters (Spiegel-Online.de) Irrelevant, quotes D. Brawn.
- The stuff of legend Robbie Hudson (The Sunday Times)
- Tolkien proves he's still the king by Vit Wagner (TheStar.com)
- Tolkien, Before Bilbo by Jeremy Marshall (The Times)
- ...mythic resonance and grim sense of inexorable fate... by Elizabeth Hand (Washington Post)
- A last, sombre visit to Middle Earth John Garth (Telegraph.co.uk)
- A worthy addition to one of the most cherished mythologies.. Kelly Grovier (The Observer)
- Hobbit forming Nicholas Lezard (The Observer)
- Spreading the elfish gene Frank Cottrell Boyce
Negative
- Boring ‘New’ Tolkien Novel Excites Boring People by C J Davies
- Away with the fairies by Tom Deveson (The Sunday Times)
- Just kick the hobbit and don't suffer 'The Children of Hurin' by Marta Salij (FreeP.com)
- The Digested Read (Column/Parody) by John Crace
