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Post by Awkward Avox on Mar 24, 2012 21:54:02 GMT -5
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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Post by Rumbelle on Apr 3, 2012 21:18:51 GMT -5
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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Post by anemeraldtardis on May 15, 2012 4:50:36 GMT -5
I also had a MAJOR issue with Bombadil. It was good book up to when he stepped in.
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Post by geekgirl on Jul 1, 2012 10:06:19 GMT -5
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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Post by Rumbelle on Sept 5, 2012 13:01:59 GMT -5
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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Post by Emily B on Jan 28, 2013 12:25:31 GMT -5
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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Post by MattH on Jan 31, 2013 22:21:43 GMT -5
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 ;D. give it some time and itll get better
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Post by tarssmiith on Jun 23, 2013 14:31:23 GMT -5
Hello,, Yeah, definite yes. I cried when Light died. But, it still overwhelmed me to see shock from everything. At the end, I was like ''What's next?''.
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Post by rpmnorthla on Jun 29, 2013 7:10:46 GMT -5
Thankfully, a few mods fixed that right up.. Never quite will be able to recapture quite the same feel as the first time through the metro though.
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Post by farmgirl1964 on Aug 1, 2013 14:38:21 GMT -5
I chose to read the Hobbit for English class (we had to choose a classic novel) and I had trouble getting into it too. It was kind of boring all the way up to the middle but once I got past that it just kept getting better and better. I absolutely loved the ending! As for LOTR, well......I might reread those later when I have a better comprehension of the English language. For now, I prefer the movies over the books.
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Post by Allons-y! on Aug 7, 2013 20:48:36 GMT -5
I absolutely loved The Hobbit, and much preferred it over the Lord of the Rings books. [But the movies were all amazing]
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