Revisiting these as an adult was excellent. By far my favorite parts of all of it was first, the subtle shift of mystery turning into horror oasis they leave the Shire and are hunted by the Black Riders and second, all those scenes of deliberation by the hobbits/fellowship. I need more books like either of these two things doesn’t need to be fantasy
“Oasis” fuck spellcheck should just be “as they leave”
>>24885902I can barely remember the books. I liked The Hobbit. LoR was simply too spread out for me. Reminded me of reading the bible, with random ass family trees and genealogies strewn in between songs. Despite it all it was just a standard story of good versus evil.Oh and Bumblebore.
>>24886379Yea I can tell you barely remember the books. wtf is this post?
>>24885902I'm in the same boat. I keep searching for the same high and I never find it. You either get modern fantasy with over political messaging, young adult shit, or older stuff that apes Conan the barbarian or something similar.
>>24886461It's honest. Any other memories were overwritten by the movies, which I watched once.
>>24885902Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword beats LOTR
>>24886379>I can barely rememberSkill issue.
Why sink the time into rereading LOTR when you could be broadening your literary skillset by reading War and Peace or Genji.
Gravity's Rainbow
>>24888252Why sink the time into shitposing when you could be broadening your literary skillset by reading War and Peace or Genji.
>>24885902ez.this is the answer.
>>24885902Tolkien's skill at characterization is so underrated. Children are unable to get the subtleties of his characters, and this leads to people thinking that there are no subtleties. I think perhaps rereading the book too frequently since childhood can cause people to persist in their childhood interpretations.
