I’ve tried to read the books many times over the decades… Tolkien is verbose for the sake of being verbose.
FFS, he spent half the first chapter of The Hobbit describing the color of the hobbit’s front door - and I’d read over 200 books before attempting The Hobbit.
(OK, it wasn’t half the chapter, but he spent inordinately long on it).
I’ve tried to read the books many times over the decades… Tolkien is verbose for the sake of being verbose.
FFS, he spent half the first chapter of The Hobbit describing the color of the hobbit’s front door - and I’d read over 200 books before attempting The Hobbit.
(OK, it wasn’t half the chapter, but he spent inordinately long on it).
I refuse to watch the movies.