Of the 5 main books, it's my favorite. It didn't used to be. But the more I read it, the more I appreciate it.

Though, the more frustrated I am with the glossing over of the War of Wrath. A 40 year war so destructive that it sunk a good portion of a continent. Why is it that the three houses of the Edain fought with the newly arrived Elves, but the remaining Noldor of ME did not? Were there any Valar in the fighting? Surely the Elves couldn't have destroyed Beleriand. That's Valar level power.