[Lothiriel Silmarien]

Ooh, good thing I looked at this one.

I read all of the series; The Sword of Shannara, The Elfstones of Shannara, The Wishsong of Shannara, and I'm on the prequel now, The First King of Shannara. I love them, they're really good books, but of course, is he Tolkien? No, and that's why it's not the best. Tolkien's books are always gonna be my favorite and are always the best (my opinion)
But, in reading Brook's books, they're good but they don't seem to have much detail. Tolkien described everything to the fullest. Everything. And I loved that about his writing. Brooks seems to leave some details out, and he doesn't go back to his writing to support things. After I finished The Sword of Shannara, I read the Elfstones of Shannara and I was wondering where Durin and Dayel were! Hey, if Eventine was still alive, how come his cousins weren't even mentioned at all!? He could have atleast cleared things up.

Also, I put off reading them because I felt as if I was betraying Tolkien in a sense. I thought maybe I would get too attached to the other books and like them about just as much as Lotr, and all of the other of Tolkien's books. But I realized that could never happen. Nothing could make me like other books more than Tolkien's. But here's one thing: People are saying how they've read other books and they seem REALLY similar to Tolkien. Of course they do. Most fantasy novels are closely related to Tolkein's because they were influenced so much by his works. Some might feel upset about that, and I understand. I mean, how come they can't get their own ideas? But Tolkien covered everything so much and it's hard to think that there are other aspects of fantasy. It's hard to believe that it could be different.