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Haha it’d be possible - although I’d be interested to know more about the etymology of the slur
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Hahaha. I can’t imagine hobbits burning food. It goes against everything they believe in.
Chapter 6 Thoughts
I can understand why they cut all this content from the movie. I don’t think I’m a fan of Tom Bombadil and all his singing.
Kairia wrote: "Chapter 6 Thoughts
I can understand why the cut all this content from the movie. I don’t think I’m a fan of Tom Bombadil and all his singing."
Ikr, the singing is a bit over the top
Oof, the singing! 😅 I was on audiobook when I read the Tom Bombadil bits... that was an interesting time lmao. Although I couldn't help but view him and Goldberry with some suspicion at certain points, but could be just me looking for something big to happen any time soon lol
selina ☾ wrote: "Oof, the singing! 😅 I was on audiobook when I read the Tom Bombadil bits... that was an interesting time lmao. Although I couldn't help but view him and Goldberry with some suspicion at certain poi..."Oh dear hahah I can only imagine! I've never listened to the audio version
I have to say I had the biggest book-crush on Aragorn when I was a kid hahah
I think the book is going to improve greatly when Aragorn swaggers onto the page. :))
I knew about the Aragorn hype beforehand and I swear I was like 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 when Gandalf first mentioned him lmao. I can't wait to meet him!
Chapter 7 Thoughts
I cannot believe he put on the ring for such a silly reason. Arrrgh.
Also all this talk of barrows and wights are giving me huge Witcher vibes.
Chapter 8 Thoughts
And finally we’re back on track. The one thing I liked about Tom was him telling the hobbits how awful they are at journeying.
😂😂 yes they are awful at it! And well I feel like a lot of High Fantasy was inspired by Tolkien- I mean the Hobbit was published in the 30s!
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😂 I found the Tom Bombadil chapters interesting, but also I found them interesting because I, like Selina, thought something would happen... and it didn't. Those chapters gave me "some shit is going to happen" vibes.
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Sadly, I didn't enjoy it, and I feel disappointed by that. It was to dense for me and my mind would more often than not wander while listening/reading to the book.
I have a confession to make 😅Somewhere before they met Strider in the book, I got it into my head to watch the movie alongside the book. And at first I was only watching 10 minutes of the movie everyday and I was like "I'm gonna stop at the point where they meet Strider (and I was shookt bc I realized Strider was Aragorn!!) and then I'll carry on with the book".
Well.
I ended up becoming so obsessed with the movie and the next thing I know, I'm on movie #2 and I'm still at the beginning of chapter 10 of book 1 🙈 Unfortunately, I prefer the movie because it's really a lot more exciting than the book :( But I am still reading! And I have made it to the beginning of Book 2, Chapter 3 before the party leaves with the ring.
I'm really sad to find that the events leading up to their arrival in Rivendell is completely different in the book bc I really enjoyed Arwen in the movie bc I love Liv Tyler and her and Aragorn in the movie really hit the spot. And so I am, so far, not enjoying the book as much as I did the movie. That's really so weird to say haha. Don't be surprised if I complete all the movies by Sunday lmao!
Chapter 4 note: Can we talk about how Mr. Maggot has a dog named Fang and so does Hagrid so J.K Rowling probably stole and reused the name from LOTR?
The book definitely is dense and hard to read compared to the movie!! Struggling to read this one. Is the audio better?
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