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Post subject: Re: Is it just me that finds TTT a more difficult read?  Posted: August 31st, 2006, 4:20 pm |
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Estë Undómë wrote: I've been reading TTT for about 2 months now and I'm still only about half way though. It happened last time too, I struggle so much on the second book because it seems to drag so much more. Don't get me wrong, I love it but it seems to take so much longer to read. The FotR and RotK took 2 weeks, max, but TTT has taken ages both times round. Does anyone esle feel like this or am I the only one?  EUNo, you are not alone. I find that it take's me about twice as long to read bacause I read it a little slower to understand it, often reading some parts over. The battle at Helm's Deep is especially confusing.  _________________ <center>~*The Not-Too-Much-Obsessed-With-Nature A-U Gentle-Woman*~<center>
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Post subject: Posted: August 31st, 2006, 4:45 pm |
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I find that Helm's Deep confusing too. Mainly because I have a hard time picturing what Helm's Deep would look like. I still liked it though. And I loved the book.
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Post subject: Posted: August 31st, 2006, 6:13 pm |
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Galadhrim_arrow wrote: No, you are not alone. I find that it take's me about twice as long to read bacause I read it a little slower to understand it, often reading some parts over. The battle at Helm's Deep is especially confusing. I think I'm alright with the battle, and understanding it all, it's just a bit, slow. _________________
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Post subject: Posted: August 31st, 2006, 8:24 pm |
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TTT is my favorite book, and I find it the easiest to read. I like every bit of it. TRotK is harder for me. The Muster of Rohan and the Battle of Pelennor Fields is very hard for me to follow.
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Post subject: Posted: October 2nd, 2006, 9:18 pm |
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My own personal opinion, is I don't have a problem with anyparts of the book(s)...lol...except the parts with Gollum, Frodo and Sam. 
I just have a hard time dealing with that evil little cuss, and it tough for me to re-read those parts, and I've reread the book about 10 times in the last 3 years. _________________  
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Post subject: Posted: October 5th, 2006, 5:42 am |
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I find that FotR is the hardest to read, because it takes longer than the others to get rolling, but by the end of it, I'm fully enthralled, and fly through TTT and RotK. By the end of RotK I feel like reading FotR again, but then I pick it up and it starts out slower, and the whole cycle starts again.
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Post subject: Posted: October 5th, 2006, 7:42 pm |
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I'm like that as well. I always have to be reading something, so when there's nothing new to read I start all over again.
Right now I'm reading, "Hobbits, Elves, and Wizards: Exploring the Wonders and Worlds of J.R.R.Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings by Michael N. Stanton. So far it's pretty inciteful.
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Post subject: Posted: October 6th, 2006, 1:13 am |
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Does it seem accurate? It's not like some annoying author writing all his views-that-are-completely-wrong? I hate guys like that. Grr.
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Post subject: Posted: October 6th, 2006, 6:13 pm |
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Sounds like a very intersting read Dumanyu. Maybe I'll have to pick it up. They don't Tolkien bash though, do they? Because I refuse to read anything that bashes Tolkien. It was his world. He created it the way it was meant to be. I don't mind reading other people's views or interepretations of his works, but I don't like reading ones that aren't postitive. Nothings ever going to change my mind about LOTR, so hearing people insult it is a mere annoyance for me.
Oh, and the other thing that bothers me is when people draw facts from LOTR that are completely wrong, mixing up names and places and events. That really bothers me, so I hope they don't do that either.
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Post subject: Posted: October 6th, 2006, 7:20 pm |
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Tinuviel's Tears wrote: Sounds like a very intersting read Dumanyu. Maybe I'll have to pick it up. They don't Tolkien bash though, do they? Because I refuse to read anything that bashes Tolkien. It was his world. He created it the way it was meant to be. I don't mind reading other people's views or interepretations of his works, but I don't like reading ones that aren't postitive. Nothings ever going to change my mind about LOTR, so hearing people insult it is a mere annoyance for me.
Oh, and the other thing that bothers me is when people draw facts from LOTR that are completely wrong, mixing up names and places and events. That really bothers me, so I hope they don't do that either.
Half way through it's pretty good! There's no bashing, but a viable explanation as to the themes of each character and book. The author actually teaches a class on LOTR in college, and it works very well. _________________
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Post subject: Posted: October 6th, 2006, 7:51 pm |
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He teaches LOTR in college?! That's brilliant! I wish I went there.
It sounds like the book is just his analyzation of LOTR, which I'm always interested in reading. That's one of the reasons I come on this forum, to talk to people about the deeper menaings of the story and the characters. Thanks for the review Dumanyu. Hopefully I'll be able to find it!
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Post subject: Posted: October 6th, 2006, 8:26 pm |
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You should be able to find it, it's a hardcover, so that lends me to think it's not some minor publication, and printed in 2001.
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Post subject: Posted: November 23rd, 2006, 12:36 am |
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I don't think it was hard, a little boring, though
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Post subject: Tolkein by Humphrey Carpenter Posted: November 23rd, 2006, 1:05 am |
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Just this moment finished an authorized biography on Tolkein. Very good book, and a poignant story on the inner workings of his mind, and his work through his entire life. I very much recommend it for anyone interested in how it all came to be.
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Post subject: Posted: November 23rd, 2006, 2:54 pm |
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My birthday is tomorrow and one of the things I've been telling all my family/friends to get for me is this certain biography of Tolkien. By... Humphrey something. I can't remember it right now. I've been really wanting to read a good biography of him though. so hopefully I'll get it. If not, I can always go out and buy it myself. 
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Post subject: Posted: November 23rd, 2006, 11:58 pm |
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Tin,
Now you know the book. It was very good, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Great insight into how it all began.
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