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Originally Posted by DebbiM
The last time I read these books was in high school. I wonder if I'd like them as much now.
Someone was recently telling me the female characters in it were passive and uninteresting. (Were there any female characters? I can't even remember at this point.  ) |
I found I liked them a lot more because I was much better equipped to appreciate the prose than I was as a teenager. I also now know a lot more about the mythological background material Tolkien used. And back then I read translation of course.
There's three important female characters, but one is mostly in the appendices (it's blink, and you'll miss her while you read).