Anderson Rearick III’s Reviews > The Fall of Númenor: And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth > Status Update

There’s a lot of encyclopedic information about Numiemor. Lands, wildlife, plants as well as habits, hobbies ands crafts. It’s not very interesting to me, but an ideal world, just as Dante found, is less engaging than hell,

In truth up to this point most of the book is filled with details like someone giving me a survey that is geographical in nature. I have learned about what plants and animals were coming upon the five pointed island. One important point; the elves consider the fact that humans die a “doom“ but it’s clear from the narrative that it is in fact an entryway into a larger existence. Numinorians with long lives

I have just reached the point where some narrative has been given about the rules and cultural expectations of marriage.

I’ve been reading this n and off since October. My page placement does not take into account rage excellent the 31 (Roman numeral) page introduction which includes quotes from both Lewis and long passages from Tolkien’s letters. Very helpful,