Honestly, while it contains a load of information about the world of Middle-Earth, you're not missing much in terms of entertainment by skipping over the Silmarillion. It isn't a story book, reads more like an encyclopedia. A very dry encyclopedia.AndyFromMonday said:I read the entire trilogy and currently trying to get my hands on The Hobbit and The Similarion.
Now there's an understatement. I read the whole thing and liked it way back in the day when I was younger, but at some point many years later I tried rereading it after seeing the movies, and holy crap is it tedious at times. Didn't even make it through the first book that time, and I suspect I never will again. I have too much other stuff I've been meaning to read for a while anyway, so maybe it's for the best.justnotcricket said:I ploughed my way through it - I enjoyed the story, but ol' JRR did *not* know the meaning of the word concise ;-)