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Below is a list of reviews of [[The Children of Húrin]]. | Below is a list of reviews of ''[[The Children of Húrin]]''. | ||
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*[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article1613657.ece What took them so long?] by Bryan Appleyard (The Sunday Times) | *[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article1613657.ece What took them so long?] by Bryan Appleyard (The Sunday Times) | ||
*[http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/04/17/hurin/ Lord of the ruins] by Andrew O'Hehir (Salon.com) | *[http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/04/17/hurin/ Lord of the ruins] by Andrew O'Hehir (Salon.com) | ||
*[http://wormtalk.blogspot.com/2007/04/children-of-hrin-review-below-contains.html The Children of Húrin Review] by [[Michael Drout]] | *[http://wormtalk.blogspot.com/2007/04/children-of-hrin-review-below-contains.html The Children of Húrin Review] by [[Michael D.C. Drout]] | ||
*[http://www.marcel-buelles.de/the-children-of-hurin-tolkien-is-back-with-a-vengeance/ The Children of Húrin - Tolkien is back with a vengeance] Commentary by [[Marcel Bülles]] | *[http://www.marcel-buelles.de/the-children-of-hurin-tolkien-is-back-with-a-vengeance/ The Children of Húrin - Tolkien is back with a vengeance] Commentary by [[Marcel Bülles]] | ||
*[http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/0,1518,477423,00.html Middle-earth is back] by hoc/Reuters (Spiegel-Online.de) Irrelevant, quotes D. Brawn. | *[http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/0,1518,477423,00.html Middle-earth is back] by hoc/Reuters (Spiegel-Online.de) Irrelevant, quotes D. Brawn. | ||
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*[http://www.thestar.com/artsentertainment/article/203389 Tolkien proves he's still the king] by Vit Wagner (TheStar.com) | *[http://www.thestar.com/artsentertainment/article/203389 Tolkien proves he's still the king] by Vit Wagner (TheStar.com) | ||
*[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/fiction/article1649664.ece Tolkien, Before Bilbo] by Jeremy Marshall (The Times) | *[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/fiction/article1649664.ece Tolkien, Before Bilbo] by Jeremy Marshall (The Times) | ||
*[http://www.powells.com/review/2007_04_27 ...mythic resonance and grim sense of inexorable fate...] by Elizabeth Hand (Washington Post) | |||
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/04/26/botol22.xml A last, sombre visit to Middle Earth] John Garth (Telegraph.co.uk) | |||
*[http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/generalfiction/0,,2067804,00.html A worthy addition to one of the most cherished mythologies..] Kelly Grovier (The Observer) | |||
*[http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2066919,00.html Hobbit forming] Nicholas Lezard (The Observer) | |||
*[http://arts.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article2554613.ece Spreading the elfish gene] Frank Cottrell Boyce | |||
*[http://rmfo-blogs.com/cozart/archives/2007/06/08/the-children-of-hurin-by-jrr-tolkien/ The Children of Hurin] by Brandon Cozart | |||
==Negative== | ==Negative== | ||
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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 Tolkien estate gets into bad hobbits] The Digested Read (Column/Parody) by John Crace | |||
*[http://network.nature.com/blogs/user/U9556F6A5/2007/05/25/hurin-turin-schmurin Hurin, Turin, Schmurin] by Henry Gee | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:06, 17 June 2019
Below is a list of reviews of The Children of Húrin.
Positive[edit | edit source]
- '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 D.C. 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
- The Children of Hurin by Brandon Cozart
Negative[edit | edit source]
- 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 Tolkien estate gets into bad hobbits The Digested Read (Column/Parody) by John Crace
- Hurin, Turin, Schmurin by Henry Gee
