The Children of Húrin reviews

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 Tolkien estate gets into bad hobbits The Digested Read (Column/Parody) by John Crace