Books You Couldn't Get Through

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JackGeneric posted:

I'd agree with this. It felt like Tolkein spent so much time setting up history that the book almost became as boring as real history is to me.

I can see that. I'm reading Fellowship right now, and I love it, but he does go into a more than common amount of detail about surroundings and character. It all has to be put into perspective though; Tolkien created the LotR trilogy as a sort of complete work, spanning the history, poetry (the "Tom Bombadil bullshit" mentioned earlier), mythology, and events the he had been crafting for most of his career. He penned the trilogy as a way of portraying an entire world through text. I view it as less of a regular novel, and more of a collection of work by Tolkien, and you have to appreciate each aspect of his writing to enjoy it. I can definitely understand why you wouldn't get into it though. LotR was read to me as a child, so I've got a bit of a bias towards it.

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