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Originally Posted by ekbell
I have a feeling that most people who find the LOTR not worth reading would also be more likely to watch the movies then to read even an adapted version.
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Maybe. But for many it was an issue of pacing and boredom. There is a lot of very long descriptive passages, which is okay if you like that sort of thing, as I do. I don't think age comes into it all that much (teens onward), and I was around 12 or 13 when I first read it.
Things are never that black & white ... people don't sit nicely into two camps in that regard.
And in this age especially, there is a big issue with attention span. If things get bogged down in a story, then many put it aside, no doubt intending to get back to it, and sometimes they do, but often they don't. This is why many modern authors write the way they do. In fact many modern stories read like a TV episode or movie.
Not everyone wants to read a heavily detailed magnum opus. Many are in it for the entertainment, not the literacy. Literacy for them is a bonus and perhaps something that needs to be sneaked past their notice.