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I give up. I fuckin' give up.
After four weeks of struggling through this book, I've decided life is too short.
How it ever became a beloved classic is beyond me.
I tried so hard: I trudge, trudged, and trudged through the pages, laden with Tolkien's flowery prose and bogged down in descriptions and details. It was painful. Very painful.
I did watch the movies years ago and loved them much.
I enjoyed reading the Hobbit... it was smooth sailing.
Perhaps, I'd try the audio book (I'm I not merciful?)
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After four weeks of struggling through this book, I've decided life is too short.
How it ever became a beloved classic is beyond me.
I tried so hard: I trudge, trudged, and trudged through the pages, laden with Tolkien's flowery prose and bogged down in descriptions and details. It was painful. Very painful.
I did watch the movies years ago and loved them much.
I enjoyed reading the Hobbit... it was smooth sailing.
Perhaps, I'd try the audio book (I'm I not merciful?)
...more
I'm so glad I came back to this book! Tolkien is great at creating such a rich world full of timeless characters.
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I would pay 50 bucks to see offshoot TV shows based around some characters from this book. Bill Ferny, who betrays the hobbits to the black riders and then sells them a sickly pony at three times its value, could star as Relic in a remake of The Beachcombers.
Tom Bombadil is an interesting character. He should host a late 70s magazine style show from the UK aimed at telling children what they can do with dirt.
The description of the Brown Lands made me imagine the blasted battlefields of the Somm ...more
Tom Bombadil is an interesting character. He should host a late 70s magazine style show from the UK aimed at telling children what they can do with dirt.
The description of the Brown Lands made me imagine the blasted battlefields of the Somm ...more
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