A Tolkien Virgin: Summary Of The Silmarillion, Akallabeth and Epilogueby Mark-Edmond Summary Of The Silmarillion As for the Silmarillion on a whole it's been a heck of a ride. It was a lot less enjoyable than I expected based on what I'd read in the Ainulindale and Valaquenta, and all the good stuff about Tolkien that I'd heard. Like I pointed out toward the beginning, the story doesn't really start till things go wrong. And they never do get much better, do they? I can't be too hard on this, since of course every story starts with some kind...
