That's what I heard about JRR Tolkien's Silmarillion too. I tried reading it when I was younger, and when I tend to drop sound conversion when I read. It seemed

That's what I heard about JRR Tolkien's Silmarillion too. I tried reading it when I was younger, and when I tend to drop sound conversion when I read. It seemed impenetrable. Years later, when someone told me it was meant to be heard, not to be read, I gave that a try, reading it aloud in my head. It was a much different experience. Reading Silmarillion felt like reading a magical book of creation, where the speaking of the words themselves create the world.