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Finally reading The Lord of the Rings.
Almost at the end of Fellowship, but I must say it has been a bit of a drag.
I will most definitely finish it, but from all the hype I did have slighty higher expectations.
It’s also very likely that since I have already seen the movies and loved them, and already know what is going to happen, it has somewhat taken away from the book experience.
Although the whole Bombadil section was new, and I did not find it especially interesting.
Bear in mind that LOTR started out as a sequel to a children’s book, and changed into something new about halfway through FOTR. So you’re literally seeing the epic fantasy genre being born on the page in front of you.
The first book is always a bit of s drag. Up until Moria at least. After that the pace picks up and the narrative gets split, which makes for better pacing and slow burn cliffhangers.