[ SECRET POST #3462 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3462 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

The solution is to a) keep a map of Beleriand with you at all times, b) keep a couple versions of the family tree of the House of Finwe with you at all times, and c) keep checking out some tumblr blogs that post a lot of Silmarillion stuff, this really, really helped me a lot.

Also, I would say that if you do ever decide you want to power through it, just accept that you will probably have no idea what's going on for the first 1/3rd of the book. The first 1/3rd is WAY easier to understand if you shrug through it the first time around and then later go back to it after finishing reading the entire thing.

The problem with the Silmarillion is that it was never designed or framed as a cohesive narrative - it was just a collection of worldbuilding and backstories Tolkien accumulated over the course of decades, which his son later attempted to organize into a semi-chronological order.