So, You Want to Read Tolkien

They have made a podcast I think we all can enjoy. Let us praise them with great praise! Praise them with great praise.

I wish that I had listened to this podcast when it was live because I would have written in all the time. Such interesting conversation! I listened to several episodes of another podcast that basically read the Silmarillion as scripture. As someone who doesn’t even read scripture as scripture, it felt very preachy to me. Here the hosts have the freedom to consider the good and the bad in the stories as well as issues arising from narrator perspective (i.e. the elves). Only a couple episodes in but really looking forward to the rest.

Just wow

I absolutely love this podcast! As someone who's read LotR, The Hobbit, and attempted but swiftly gave up on The Silmarillion; seen and loved the LotR movies and... saw some of the Hobbit ones 👀👀... y'all, this podcast had me Cracking Up at so many points, but also they bring up a lot of great points that upset The Boys. Which I can appreciate – Tolkien is a good writer and tells a detailed and good story, BUT the hosts do a great job of not just putting him on a pedestal. It feels like I'm sitting in on friends talking about stories and characters we all love (or at least have Thoughts about). Also Richard Armitage. It's been a while, but that's always a good mention.