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Originally Posted by khalleron
I've observed that almost everyone has one of two reactions to LotR - either it's the best book you ever read, or it bores you silly.
I pity those in the latter camp, but I understand it. I'm in the former camp, myself, but I sympathize.
(Although I admit the battles kind of bore me, too. Give me Frodo and Sam at Mt. Doom over Helm's Deep anyday.)
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The battle scenes don't bore me silly, but it's interesting. I've re-read LoTR many times, and each time I tend to focus on different aspects. For some time, for example, I would fast-forward through the sequences in the Dead Marshes. They were a little
too effectively dismal and depressing. In recent years, I've been able to read them with more appreciation.
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Dennis