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<blockquote data-quote="Zelda Themelin" data-source="post: 5844081" data-attributes="member: 167"><p>Both. I really liked it when I knew no english and it was like only translated book of fantasy. Really, only one. There was scifi mostly Asinov's books but also some others, but fantasy was rare.</p><p></p><p>When I got older and started to understand and read in english I found other books. Which, though lacking I liked better. Writing style was not so good usually, but story wasn't so damn slow. Beginning of "first" book and half of second and 3/4 of third were painfully slow. I read it many times though. My brother, who was slow reader took it like 8 years to finnish, mainly because he didn't get out of hobbit village, it was so boring.</p><p></p><p>Tolkien puts up way too much background, but some of it is boring background, not something I want to read to slag down the story.</p><p></p><p>As to characters, I never was found of hobbits.</p><p>Also, since I've read some historical mythology before those books, I didn't felt story so special at all. Some songs were neat. Almost everything (thankfully mostly contained in Silmarillion) was horrible. I also started to hate elves that time. Not the fairy tale elves you leave soup outside, but these "shining proud elves". D&D made them storter but same story, terrible annoying.</p><p></p><p>Tolkien however wrote rather well. Even boring parts were sort of entertaining to read. Most people who nowdays write fantasy are second-rate. There are only few fantasy writers who can write so well I have trouble putting book down. Most of them make me yawn even middle of plot/action scene. Tolkiens style was very "flowery" compared to modern writing. That's not "the good part" imo, that is just style of period.</p><p></p><p>Tolkien's world is rather boring. This is mistake many (though not all) fantasy writers make. Too much realism is poison to fantasy. Unless you call it historical fantasy. </p><p></p><p>Nowdays if I try to read it even if I skip the beginning, I find story rather annoying. Characters are most of time boring. There are some parts I really like in story though. Most of them in second book.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zelda Themelin, post: 5844081, member: 167"] Both. I really liked it when I knew no english and it was like only translated book of fantasy. Really, only one. There was scifi mostly Asinov's books but also some others, but fantasy was rare. When I got older and started to understand and read in english I found other books. Which, though lacking I liked better. Writing style was not so good usually, but story wasn't so damn slow. Beginning of "first" book and half of second and 3/4 of third were painfully slow. I read it many times though. My brother, who was slow reader took it like 8 years to finnish, mainly because he didn't get out of hobbit village, it was so boring. Tolkien puts up way too much background, but some of it is boring background, not something I want to read to slag down the story. As to characters, I never was found of hobbits. Also, since I've read some historical mythology before those books, I didn't felt story so special at all. Some songs were neat. Almost everything (thankfully mostly contained in Silmarillion) was horrible. I also started to hate elves that time. Not the fairy tale elves you leave soup outside, but these "shining proud elves". D&D made them storter but same story, terrible annoying. Tolkien however wrote rather well. Even boring parts were sort of entertaining to read. Most people who nowdays write fantasy are second-rate. There are only few fantasy writers who can write so well I have trouble putting book down. Most of them make me yawn even middle of plot/action scene. Tolkiens style was very "flowery" compared to modern writing. That's not "the good part" imo, that is just style of period. Tolkien's world is rather boring. This is mistake many (though not all) fantasy writers make. Too much realism is poison to fantasy. Unless you call it historical fantasy. Nowdays if I try to read it even if I skip the beginning, I find story rather annoying. Characters are most of time boring. There are some parts I really like in story though. Most of them in second book. [/QUOTE]
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