It's not the easiest read! I struggled for years to finish reading Return of the King. I usually gave up near the last third, but one year having seen the films, and with encouragement of some fans on Dreamwidth did finish it, though I felt like I was slogging through Mordor myself! I'll read the Hobbit again and maybe the first book but I no have desire to complete the trilogy again or in any of the additional material such as the Silmarillion. I do somewhat think that Tolkien invented what I call the crappy epilogue ending though; here's everything that happened after so no inventing new stuff, everyone's married off/dead/no more magic except in mystical far off place, Mary Sue name [Goldilocks]. The whole shebang ;P
People continue to write whole books about Tolkien and his worlds so there is always more to digest if you have the interest in it :)
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Date: 2024-01-20 02:56 pm (UTC)I struggled for years to finish reading Return of the King. I usually gave up near the last third, but one year having seen the films, and with encouragement of some fans on Dreamwidth did finish it, though I felt like I was slogging through Mordor myself!
I'll read the Hobbit again and maybe the first book but I no have desire to complete the trilogy again or in any of the additional material such as the Silmarillion.
I do somewhat think that Tolkien invented what I call the crappy epilogue ending though; here's everything that happened after so no inventing new stuff, everyone's married off/dead/no more magic except in mystical far off place, Mary Sue name [Goldilocks]. The whole shebang ;P
People continue to write whole books about Tolkien and his worlds so there is always more to digest if you have the interest in it :)