The Guardian reviews the new, uh, Tolkien

[dianeduane]

"My name is Turambar," cried Turin, "and Evil have been all my ways."

"And my name is Niniel," wept Nienor as they fell into each other's arms and she became heavy with child.

And lo, when Glaurung told her she had shagged her brother and Turin had been slain on his quest to rescue Húrin, she threw herself into a ravine. Yet Turin was mere wounded, and once he discovered Nienor's fate, he slew Glaurung before turning his sword on himself. So it was that no one lived happily ever after.

(snort)

Comments

[taldragon.livejournal.com]

that's the Guardian - their digested reads are usually a mix of the book and the reviewer's opinions.

with the aim of being as snarky as possible, obviously ;)

[heliona.livejournal.com]

It was funnier once I'd read the whole thing! (Being the nit-picking Tolkienite that I am, I did notice a few errors in the text (and I don't mean errors on purpose)! *sigh* Sometimes I wish I wasn't like that. It's like I can't watch anything with sailing in it without noticing everything that's wrong!

(Although it was funny to begin with.)

To be honest, as far as the snark went, I think it could have a little more sophisticated, which I would have expected from the Guardian. It kind of falls a little flat - it would have made more of an impact if it'd been cleverer, I think.