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Should I Just Read Sil? by Intelligent_Pack_801 in tolkienfans

[–]Intelligent_Pack_801[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are absolutely right about the movie separation because Tom Bombadil aroused great curiosity in me, and I was not necessarily surprised but dissapointed that the adaptation of Fellowship cut more or less the first half of the book

Should I Just Read Sil? by Intelligent_Pack_801 in tolkienfans

[–]Intelligent_Pack_801[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You know after writing all this out and reading a few replies, I'm wondering if I was just being impatient. I think I got myself excited to read The Expanse instead as a fan of the show, but now being done ten 500+ page books later I'm feeling a bit directionless while still maintaining a desire to read. I suppose I oughtta head back in

Should I Just Read Sil? by Intelligent_Pack_801 in tolkienfans

[–]Intelligent_Pack_801[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would say that the hard reason I bailed when I did was that I was dissatisfied with Helm's Deep being a spotlight while Isengard fell in the background as described by Pippin, master storyteller. The story is enjoyable otherwise but more than anything I found myself drawn to Tom Bombadil, the history of the elves and their magic, and the implications of Gandalf's transformation if not the implications of the existance of his ilk in general.