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Did anyone else feel this way?
« Thread Started on Mar 24, 2012, 9:54pm »

So i got the Hobbit and read until the middle-ish part and I couldn't get into it. Like i honestly dreaded reading it. So I stopped. I dunno why but it was REALLY boring and confusing for me. Anyone else? (I know I'm gonna get hate for this lol) :3

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Re: Did anyone else feel this way?
« Reply #1 on Apr 3, 2012, 9:18pm »

I do know that this is the exact feeling I get when trying to read any and all parts of LoTR pertaining to Tom ~~frigging~~ Bombadil.

I swear to God. If The Doctor showed up on my street tomorrow, all "Hey, want some adventures in time and space?", I would hijack the TARDIS and I would go and find Tolkien, and lock him in a room with me until he gave me his word (an Englishmans word is his bond, afterall) that Bombadil would never be published. I hate it that much.

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Re: Did anyone else feel this way?
« Reply #2 on May 15, 2012, 4:50am »

I also had a MAJOR issue with Bombadil. It was good book up to when he stepped in.

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Re: Did anyone else feel this way?
« Reply #3 on Jul 1, 2012, 10:06am »

Haha strangely I found The Hobbit easier to read than the actual LotR trilogy! I thought that was supposed to be the case, seeing as The Hobbit is actually one of those children's classics.

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Re: Did anyone else feel this way?
« Reply #4 on Sept 5, 2012, 1:01pm »

The Hobbit is quite an easy read, in honesty, although frankly I prefer The Children of Húrin, and find it much less hard work. Tolkien kind of had a habit of writing round in cirlces a little bit, and no matter how much I love him, and think he's one of the greatest literary minds of the (pretty much) modern day, sometimes he gives me such a headache. xD

But yeah, Húrin is a much easier (and slightly more gripping) read.

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« Reply #5 on Jan 28, 2013, 12:25pm »

I can understand where you're coming from, but i have to disagree. I abosloutley loved The Hobbit! It is a bit slow-going at first but once you get into it you can't get out. I actually prefer it to the LOTR books, i found those a bit slow and boring and i much prefer the films.

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Re: Did anyone else feel this way?
« Reply #6 on Jan 31, 2013, 10:21pm »

i just read the book after trying a year ago, and before it was confusing :-/

but after a year i was finally able to understand it and its one of my new favs

. give it some time and itll get better

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