Am I the only one who hates this book?

[Nathan]

Ah, the good, old-fashioned "I'm rubber, you're glue" defense.

[John (Taloni)]

Well, in her defense, Nathan, it does bounce off her and stick to you.

[Peter]

Please do.

Somewhere else.

[Renee E]

Hallie wrote: "Now I understand why you can't hide Duane."

No one is trying to hide Duane.

Or were you trying to say, "now I understand why you can't hide, Duane?"

[Claire]

Am I the only one who's still kind of annoyed that "one" in the thread title is misspelled as "on"?

[Renee E]

Compared to all the other crap Hallie nee Amanita/Anamika has been trying to pull, here and in her other threads . . .

The careless misspelling in the title's just indicative of . . . well, have you seen her ersatz reviews?

[Dano]

Hallie, I'm sure you are NOT the only person in the world that hates this book. Just take a look at the world. It's easy to see HUNDREDS of people with bad taste nearly EVERY day!

[Renee E]

Dan wrote: "Hallie, I'm sure you are NOT the only person in the world that hates this book. Just take a look at the world. It's easy to see HUNDREDS of people with bad taste nearly EVERY day!"

Well, that one went right overhead and left a wake, ROFL!

[Yvette]

Hallie wrote: "What if I can hide?"

Then please do, hide yourself very well and don't ever come out of your hiding place.

[Tom]

The love for the Lord Of The Rings actually goes back 3 generations, and is truly loved by each and every one of our family, These books have everything action, adventure, fellowship and yes even love, all set in a magical, mythical land of beauty. I hope that in time my own grandchildren take up reading Lord Of The Rings and keep the books alive for future generations.

[Chris]

Tom wrote: "The love for the Lord Of The Rings actually goes back 3 generations, and is truly loved by each and every one of our family, These books have everything action, adventure, fellowship and yes even l..."

Reminds me of my grandfather, who introduced me to these wonderful books when I was a wee one. Tolkien is responsible for jump starting my love of reading. When other kids in my elementary school were still struggling with Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew, I was reading novels by Tolkien, Bierce, Machen and other greats.

Take a look at the books that the Space Fungus enjoys. All Twilight-esque paranormal romance crap. She even gave The Diary of Anne Frank one stars. Sh is no reader. I'm still baffled what she's even doing on this website.

[Renee E]

She has said she's researching (it's mysterious and secret and she can't say what the research is, but she's always asking for other people's opinions of canon books that she's either never read or didn't even retain any simple knowledge of the characters) for her future career . . .

Maybe she's planning on working for one of those $$$$ for Five Star Reviews places.

[Renee E]

Chris wrote: "Tom wrote: "The love for the Lord Of The Rings actually goes back 3 generations, and is truly loved by each and every one of our family, These books have everything action, adventure, fellowship an..."

Here's her Anne Frank thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Look familiar?

[Duane]

Chris wrote: "I'm still baffled what she's even doing on this website. "

It is absorbing neuroform data in order to eventually effect humanoid manifestation!!

Enough sociological adaptation and it will be able to go around in public and eventually run for office! (At least that's what happens in the B-grade movies... the alien invaders work their way up to Senator and eventually President.)

This particular xenomorph, the Amanita Flatulensis, is particularly insidious because it doesn't have to do something like cling to the back of some poor human's neck and get control of its brain. Being silicon rather than carbon-based, it can instead infest cybernetic devices! One spore drifting into a server rack can sprout into a mycelial network capable of infecting an entire server array!!

Then, it starts posting "honeypot" threads, where it tries to garner information to enable it to emulate "normal" human interaction... and possibly get into Harvard or Yale to start its nefarious "Career".

[Anne]

Hallie, I love 'The Fellowship of the Ring' and the subsequent two volumes which complete 'Lord of the Rings'. Tolkein will always be one of my favourite authors - but a lot of my friends hate his works. I am intelligent and well-read, and so are my friends, but we don't all like the same books (regardless of how 'literary' the book may be considered). Sometimes we disagree quite strongly, but talking properly with real friends, working out exactly what it is you like and don't like about a book is a good way to expand your repertoire and enjoyment as a reader. I get the impression you are quite young, and perhaps also not always 100 percent comfortable with English? I don't feel the comments you have been receiving on this thread are helpful. In fact I see most of this thread as one of the most repulsive and highly unintelligent examples of cyber-bullying I have seen in some time. Can I suggest you 'untick' the notification options for this thread, and just get on with reading the books you like, writing the stories that come to your mind, and if you don't like a book try it again later - or not. It's supposed to be enjoyable.

[Chris]

Renee wrote: Here's her Anne Frank thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Look familiar?


I hate to use cliched internet memes.....but there are not enough face-palming Captain Picards in the world to express my utter contempt.

Space Fungus....I'm addressing you directly now. You didn't even read it before you decided to hate it?

I think I speak for everyone else here when I ask, "WHAT PLANET ARE YOU FROM!?"

[Renee E]

Anne, she isn't even reading these books. Hell, on this thread alone she didn't know who the main character was — or even WHAT he was.

She's maintained elsewhere that English IS her first language and that she is not a child, and she's displayed (on other threads) distinctly un-childlike mannerisms.

She's just picking the thoughts of others to use as her own.

And that is despicable.

Probably has a bright future in politics.

[Deven]

Yes, you are.
WE disagree. WE enjoy this book very much. WE are all around you.

[[deleted user]]

Hallie, you should be punished. Therefore, I sentence you to go back from whence you came: Reality TV.

[Duane]

Chris wrote: "
Space Fungus....I'm addressing you directly now. You didn't even read it before you decided to hate it?"

Ah, yes. And analysis of its emissions in other threads, reveals that it refers to this type of thread as a "Hate" Thread, as opposed to such as this
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
which it designates as a "Like" Thread...

I.e., it DOESN'T read the books, but merely contrives postings in the interest of its "Research" - Which is conducted entirely in the pursuit of GLOBAL INFESTATION AND DOMINATION !!

And,

Chris wrote: " I think I speak for everyone else here when I ask, "WHAT PLANET ARE YOU FROM!?"

Planet, yes - But we are still not even sure from what GALAXY and STAR it originates!!!

[Renee E]

It originates as a parasitical larvae carried by the disgusting, ichor sucking flea like critter that plagues denizens of Daria, the third planet in the Sirius system.

They have been trying to eradicate both the larvae and carrier for aeons, but have only succeeded — so far — in suspending it in a state of flux for a maxx of 3.2 galactic years (local).

[Duane]

Oh, YUCCKK!! Aliens can be REALLY disgusting.

I once read a short story by Isaac Asimov in which a gang of aliens put Earth under observation for potential eradication, and got so disgusted when they saw a couple of humans having sex that they dropped out of stasis and went FTL out of here!

We'd better not let our revulsion interfere with our efforts to combat the Menace!!

[Kathy]

I don't know if many know that the movie version of the book is extremely different from the actual novels written by Tolkein. I read this series while in college decades and decades ago. Tolkein's books rocked my world back then and I was hoping that the movies would follow suit. I was disappointed by all of the movies in this series. The books are so well written, I honestly could not put them down back then. Plus, I was not 'into' that sort of story line at that time, so that tells you a lot. Be careful which books you are reading, and be sure to get the originals -v- the movie books.

[[deleted user]]

Kathy wrote: "I don't know if many know that the movie version of the book is extremely different from the actual novels written by Tolkein. I read this series while in college decades and decades ago. Tolkein..."

Great post. I'm not a purist like some people I've known or posts I've read, but while the movies were visually stunning, Hollywood took too many liberties (Just one: What happened to the Barrow Wights in the Barrow Downs? A chilling misadventure if ever there was one. Well written and creepy!) While Peter Jackson did an excellent job with things like location and wardrobe, he also belched at the camera in Bree, as a cameo in the first film. The screenwriters changed enough events that they should simply have written their own fantasy story, and produced it the way they wanted things. While the extended versions are not for everyone, they do fill in some colorful moments for fans who expected Tolkien's story.

[Chris]

Kathy wrote: "I don't know if many know that the movie version of the book is extremely different from the actual novels written by Tolkein. I read this series while in college decades and decades ago. Tolkein..."

Good point Kathy. I can enjoy the films on their own merits....but as you said,they can't hold a candle to the books.

I was looking forward to seeing the Scouring of the Shire scene personally in the movies. Shame they didn't include it as its one of my favorite scenes in Return of the King.

"Worm has been rather hungry as of late....."

[Melvin]

As a young boy growing up in a very poor neighborhood, fantasy was a way of escape. At about 12 years old or so an older sister gave me The Hobbit as a gift. I was pulled into the Tolkien world immediately. When my sister told me there was an entire trilogy I was hooked. And, I also found that that a few of my school friends had begun reading it so it was a sort of social activity as well.

After that, my sister told me about the Silmarillion. I really did try to read that but just got too bogged down in the names, characters and keeping everything straight in my head. I gave up on it but have recently thought about giving it a try again.

[Melianne]

Hallie wrote: "I never understood why this book is worshiped so much.I don't know about everyone but I feel that it is too long and boring.I doubt anyone else feels the same.But yet,why is this like the greatest ..."

I never liked it, I thought it was extremely boring too, and even though I tried really hard for the sake of my friends to find a reason to like it, I honestly can't. For some reason I couldn't care less about what happened to that ring or why. It's OK to me though if other people love the book, because it's not a bad book, but I honestly don't understand how it's around the TOP of the most popular books. Thats just my thoughts on it.

[Kathy]

Thank you for the replies! Like most who read the books, prior to seeing the movies, I was disappointed. The visual parts were stunning, but the story line was not the one that I read in the books. In my opinion, Jackson took too many liberties, in that he actually changed the story itself, in many areas. I wanted to see Tolkien's books, not Jackson's interpretation. I wonder if the Estate sued him? ;).