Is the Simarillion any good? I’ve heard of it but have not read it yet.
Love Tolkien. My favorite has to be Master Samwise.
Its awesome but the beginning is a bit slow and can turn you off.
The Hobbit is like Saving Private Ryan
LOTR is like WW2
Silmarillion is like the Bible “God said let there be light....all the way to the end of the hobbit.
Some familiar LOTR characters that appear in it include Sauron, Balrog, Elrond, Galadriel and Celeborn, Gil-Galad (The elf with the spear at the beginning of LOTR movie), Cirdan (The elf at the very end of LOTR movie standing in back as everyone got on the last ship.
However, the Tolkien professor explains it so well I might have a go at it.
The Simarillion seminar. and if you need a short course in all of Tolkiens's books, go to his college lectures...several of these are on the Simarillion.