03-16-2009, 12:15 PM | #61 |
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Alot of people say that. But I really enjoyed The Hobbit. I read it as a young teen. It made me all the more want to read LOTR which was awesome... and people say it was very boring too.
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Fortress of Solitude by Johnathan Lethem. And I grew up in Brooklyn during the era covered in the book!
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They're very different. The Hobbit is a sort of children's style, where LOTR is in an adult, could even be said, 'high', style. It's a legend from nobler, grander times. Tolkien also loves writing descriptions, and I can understand that for some it feels longwinded. For me, it all just adds to the richness of the tale.
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I was not overimpressed by The Hobbit. Kinda boring. I read it when I was what? 22? I read The Hobbit after reading LOTR a couple of times. I re-read LOTR a few more times after that.
They are very different. Probably in 10 years time, if I live that long, I will re-read The Hobbit, LOTR, Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. Btw, I liked Unfinished tales a lot more than Silmarillion. Silmarillion was a bit boring as well. At least the beginning. Reminded me of the Bible that I never finished, although tried 3 times. |
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I know, I really tried to like it -I did since it was on the list of 1001 books to read before you die but as much as I love science fiction and fantasy, I just couldn't slog through it....now mind you, I was doing it as an audio book rather than physically reading it but I did promise myself to try reading it to see if was better that way....
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The most boring book as of late I've read is The Calling by Jacob Israel. I see lots of glowing reviews on Amazon, but I thought it was very poor. The author sold it as an ebook (pdf) a few months before it was available in print.
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Two contenders
Two 'most boring' contenders, I think:
1) Moby Dick 2) Handbook of Mammalian Body Masses - can't decide between the two |
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