theres a fucking chapter describing it in minute detail.
That was the problem with Tolkien's writing. Purple prose and spending a page describing every blade of grass, meanwhile calling it twenty different names. It wasn't as bad in the Hobbit but got worse in the trilogy. The Silmarillion or Children of Hurin? Don't bother reading without adderal and a notepad.
oh thank fuck for the recognition thank you i thought it was only me who thought that.
its why ive never been able to get more than a third of the way into any of his books. i just fall asleep, same happened when i try watching the movies.
you want abbreviated fucking hilarious tolkeinesque writing that keeps you reading, go with Terry Pratchett.
Thank God I'm not alone with this. I love reading but I just cannot get into Tolkien.
The only other book I've struggled with is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Pirsig. They are in no way similar but Zen was suck a slog it took years for me to read the whole thing. It was really good so I was glad I completed it.
That's a surprisingly common thing with Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. A lot of people put it down but try it again when they're older and it suddenly just clicks.
Interesting I didn't realize others had difficulty with that book as well. That tracks with my experience as it was my late 30s before I finally finished it despite starting it in either my late teens or early 20s.
[ + ] i_scream_trucks
[ - ] i_scream_trucks 6 points 4 monthsFeb 3, 2025 10:29:31 ago (+6/-0)
if its in a lord of the rings movie
theres a fucking chapter describing it in minute detail.
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That was the problem with Tolkien's writing. Purple prose and spending a page describing every blade of grass, meanwhile calling it twenty different names. It wasn't as bad in the Hobbit but got worse in the trilogy. The Silmarillion or Children of Hurin? Don't bother reading without adderal and a notepad.
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its why ive never been able to get more than a third of the way into any of his books. i just fall asleep, same happened when i try watching the movies.
you want abbreviated fucking hilarious tolkeinesque writing that keeps you reading, go with Terry Pratchett.
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[ - ] NeverHappened 1 point 4 monthsFeb 3, 2025 17:21:11 ago (+1/-0)
The only other book I've struggled with is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Pirsig. They are in no way similar but Zen was suck a slog it took years for me to read the whole thing. It was really good so I was glad I completed it.
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Imagine not spending your childhood obsessed with the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
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[ - ] i_scream_trucks 6 points 4 monthsFeb 3, 2025 11:32:02 ago (+6/-0)
those movies are made by the nerds that got smacked around when i was in school.
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[ - ] BushChuck5002 -1 points 4 monthsFeb 3, 2025 11:47:59 ago (+3/-4)
Let this be the hour when we draw swords together. Fell deeds awake. Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn. Forth, Eorlingas!
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All day, every day.
kill yourself, fat paedophile kike.
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