Sonny673
New Member
I grew up knowing absolutely nothing about Tolkien and the books he wrote. My mom had bought The Hobbit for me when I was in third grade and I kind of shrugged it off. I eventually read it in 10th grade, and I loved it. Now that I am older, I've found out that numerous amounts of my friends actually grew up reading The Lord of the Rings books, which in a way surprised me.
When the films were released, I immediately was interested in seeing them. Upon viewing them, I completely fell in love with them. Since I loved the three films (the third being one of my favorite), my interest in the books peaked and I bought the first.
I really found myself struggling to get through it. Was it a terrible book? Not at all. However, I really couldn't get into it. Tolkien was really descriptive and usually in books, such as the Redwall series, that wouldn't bother me, but it did in this book. I felt he was way to wordy, which I know really helped his world come to live since there is even a dictionary for his world he created, but this turned me off from the books. Maybe it is because I'm not a big enough fan to really care about this entire world he created, and I don't really care to explore it much outside of the initial three books, but I felt he could have really shorten things down, while still giving me a sense of what it was, if he didn't put so many things in detail.
Has anyone else felt this way, or have majority of you read the book way before the films came out?
Thanks.
When the films were released, I immediately was interested in seeing them. Upon viewing them, I completely fell in love with them. Since I loved the three films (the third being one of my favorite), my interest in the books peaked and I bought the first.
I really found myself struggling to get through it. Was it a terrible book? Not at all. However, I really couldn't get into it. Tolkien was really descriptive and usually in books, such as the Redwall series, that wouldn't bother me, but it did in this book. I felt he was way to wordy, which I know really helped his world come to live since there is even a dictionary for his world he created, but this turned me off from the books. Maybe it is because I'm not a big enough fan to really care about this entire world he created, and I don't really care to explore it much outside of the initial three books, but I felt he could have really shorten things down, while still giving me a sense of what it was, if he didn't put so many things in detail.
Has anyone else felt this way, or have majority of you read the book way before the films came out?
Thanks.