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Originally Posted by RWood
I am not a fan of LOTR. They are far from the worst I have ever read. The plot seemed to move slower than daytime television soap operas. The fill of over embellished descriptions added nothing to the books other than to let the mind wander and wonder if former US Vice President Humphery had written it. (He was know for long winded speeches that contained no substance, even by political speech criteria.)
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Ha! I loved the guy. Just wish he hadn't opened his mouth so often and for so long. Critters seemed to make their way in and out of it all the time.
I suffered as did Nate and plenty of others with the first book. It took me forever to finish it. And every time I turned the page they'd break out in song again (in elvish, of course) about something and someone you've never heard. No telling what these must have sounded like in Tolkien's head.
But I learned to skip over the singing and then the story and the characters really interested me so that by the time I made it to The Tower Towers, it all seemed to go by in a flash.