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I wasn't saying I disliked the Silmarilion. I love the stories. I was just saying that there are more dark elements in that book than in any other he wrote; the tragic story of Turin Turambar ( OK, I haven't actually read that part since my dad said I wouldn't like it but I did see the part where the guy woke up and killed his mentor because Turin at first thought his mentor was an orc), paradise is destroyed five times in the Undying Lands (where Feanor's father Finwe was killed for the Silmarils, causing Feanor to kill the swan-ship building elves for their ships then burning those ships before everyone was across, causing those left to have to cross the frozen wastelands, leaving few surviors including Galadrial), Gondolin (betrayed by a jealous half light/ half dark elf whose mother had been captured by his father), and Numenor (the king is enthralled by Sauron to seek full immortality by trying to conquer the Undying lands from the Valar, causing the utter destruction of their fleet and their island), also there's everything that's caused by the Silmarils, Beren's captivity and death, the war between Thingol's people and the dwarves, Feanor's own actions, and the fact his last two sons ended up mad and/or killing themselves. It is a very deep, dark book.