The Last Conformist
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I was mostly joking. The Silmarillion is one of my favourite books, period, but tastes differ.Yom said:Why is that? The first 20 pages just talked about how the earth was created or something stupid like that. Not interesting enough for an 8th grader. I wouldn't read it now, either, since it's just fiction. I find myself reading only non-fiction unless it's for AP English 12 and is actually complex and has deeper meaning.
I'm surprised about the "8th grade" comment, tho. I read it in 5th grade and loved it.
(OTOH, that's also about the time I read Bra Böckers world history in 16 volymes. I might not have been an entirely typical preteener.)