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why am i just keep putting it down? should i continue or should i just give up, it really bores me to death, there are so many dialogues talking about past and chatting to each other ...

chris fidler If you are reading a book because you like a movie, you are reading for the wrong reason. I notice most of the answers to this question are people whoâ€¦m´Ç°ù±ðIf you are reading a book because you like a movie, you are reading for the wrong reason. I notice most of the answers to this question are people who probably expected Lord of the Rings to be like Game of Thrones, where the books were written with specific actors in mind for the roles, and that is not what this is. All the people who discover Tolkien after reading modern fantasy need to realise that their beloved books were derived from this source material. The reason you find it boring is no modern writer took the initiative to flesh out a complete world and history like Tolkien, because he already laid the foundation for them. So, if of reads like a history book, it's because it sort of is- not just for Middle Earth, but for every book with tall elves and heroic dwarves or anything else fantastic.(less)

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who is your favourite character?

Arunothia Marappan Definitely Sam! Such a selfless love he has for Frodo <3

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Do you think if Sam was more compassionate toward Smeagol/Gollum, the creature would have been able to turn back from evil, let go of the ring, and lived a longer, more peaceful life f or the rest of his days?

Daan The ring is much like an addiction. Everybody who has it, even those who try to use it for good, will fall into it.

Gollem/Smeagol is quite a special câ€¦m´Ç°ù±ðThe ring is much like an addiction. Everybody who has it, even those who try to use it for good, will fall into it.

Gollem/Smeagol is quite a special case. By all means he shouldn't still be alive but he still is. Dangerously turned evil and dangerously dependant upon the ring. Smeagol can't be saved, if he had survived he would be an empty void. Without the ring he would be nothing. He might not have become a servant of the great evil. But he was permanently connected to it.

Maybe you haven't noticed by all surviving ring bearers are offered travel through the gray havens. Because each of them are corrupted even in the smallest way. All of them are affected and there is no cure. (less)

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My friends, I have on my shelf The story of Kullervo, The silmarillion, The children of HÃºrin, The hobbit, the trilogy of The lord of the rings and Unfinished tales of NÃºmenor and Middle-Earth. In what order should I read them? Am I missing any book in the series?

Hilary Personally I would read the Hobbit first and then The Lord of the Rings because the Hobbit is the prequel, I guess, to LOTR and it makes sense to readâ€¦m´Ç°ù±ðPersonally I would read the Hobbit first and then The Lord of the Rings because the Hobbit is the prequel, I guess, to LOTR and it makes sense to read the Hobbit before LOTR, after that I would read the rest but it is all up to. But in my own opinion, The Hobbit then LOTR and after that whatever ones you would choose. I will be reading the Silmarillion after I finish Return of the King and then Children of Hurin. But thats just me. (less)

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i think this book mentions like seventeen towers or something. which two towers is the title referring to?

Brenda Paull Tolkien was never explicit which two towers he was referring to. I believe that it refers to the alliance between Sauron and Saruman, or the two towerâ€¦m´Ç°ù±ðTolkien was never explicit which two towers he was referring to. I believe that it refers to the alliance between Sauron and Saruman, or the two towers of Barad-dur and Orthanc. However, he hinted at one point that they could be Saruman's tower of Orthanc in part one and the orc tower of Cirith Ungol that Sam and Frodo have to go through in Part two. It is really up to you as a reader to decide which ones to go with.(less)

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