Ludwig answers “why am i just keep putting it down? should...”

Linh Nguyen asked this question about The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2):

why am i just keep putting it down? should i continue or should i just give up, it really bores me to death, there are so many dialogues talking about past and chatting to each other ...

Ludwig Ik, this question is 6yo by now. But I'll write my answer for anyone with similar questions nonetheless.

I don't think forcing youself on a book does y…moreIk, this question is 6yo by now. But I'll write my answer for anyone with similar questions nonetheless.

I don't think forcing youself on a book does you any good. If you don't like it, lay it aside, come back later or dismiss it completely.

I loved the books from start to finish but that doesn't mean you have to.
LotR conveys a special feeling, a different awareness. (So do Tolkien's other books I've read so far)
It's different from the movies. It feels like a real, yet magical world, building upon so many things that make me feel as if I'm within this world myself and start to think and act more like in-story characters. It's not to be compared to the movies nor to anything I've felt in our real world. The inhabitants of Arda are different from us earthlings. I can't describe it. But I guess thats one thing that can either be good or bad depending on the reader.

I've watched the trilogy 3 times before reading the books. And I personally like the books much better. I think it took me just about two weeks to finish them. I was absorbed like never before and never thereafter. So many subtle things and beautiful stories and feelings that just don't apprear in the movies. Yet I still think that the movies are a great adaptation especially for the masses. Differnet in what they tell and still definetley LotR. However, liking the movies doesn't guarantee that you'll like the books.

(As you might've recognised, I struggle with explaining myself. Basicaly: It's different. And this goes for any book imao: Read it if you like it, don't read it if you think it's boring)(less)

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