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Okay... I will always recognize LOTR as a classic, for that there is no doubt. And I will be eternally grateful for the modern classics that it inspired. BUT, like Who Goes There, the way the book is written is just too wordy and long-winded and, quite frankly, juvenile. Tolkien's prose is a mess and chapters just stretch on forever with very little payoff.

I think I am going to drop it.

'tis time for the Council of Elrond and the formation of the Fellowship!

Aragorn finally makes his entrance!

It's been a good long while since I read such a meaty book; Not since Stormlight 4 came out have I made such a trek through a tome such as this. I may have to wedge another, shorter book in at some point so that this becomes the 100th book I've read upon completion.