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<blockquote data-quote="Wild Gazebo" data-source="post: 5846277" data-attributes="member: 24413"><p>I've always linked my like and dislike for the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings to my like and dislike of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I <em>really</em> enjoy both the Hobbit and Tom Sawyer...but find the other two bland and somewhat wanting.</p><p></p><p>To me, regardless of the reality of the situation, both The Lord of the Rings and Huck Finn come across as chum to the public. While I'm sure both originated organically, when I read them there is a feeling of needless expansion of an already overworked idea. While the other books produce the ideas in such splendid clarity and brevity it seems a shame to have them spread over a new needless narrative. I distinctly remember thinking after reading Huck Finn that it seemed like a poor squeal to a great movie by a favorite director.</p><p></p><p>Though I don't directly remember what I was thinking after reading the Lord of the Rings I have always equated the same type of thought to it. While I would never directly ascribe to the authors popular-ism as a motive that is the taste I get after the read. </p><p></p><p><em>shrug</em></p><p></p><p>I've never directly researched the timeline or bio so I have no idea whether my feelings are founded in any literal way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wild Gazebo, post: 5846277, member: 24413"] I've always linked my like and dislike for the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings to my like and dislike of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I [I]really[/I] enjoy both the Hobbit and Tom Sawyer...but find the other two bland and somewhat wanting. To me, regardless of the reality of the situation, both The Lord of the Rings and Huck Finn come across as chum to the public. While I'm sure both originated organically, when I read them there is a feeling of needless expansion of an already overworked idea. While the other books produce the ideas in such splendid clarity and brevity it seems a shame to have them spread over a new needless narrative. I distinctly remember thinking after reading Huck Finn that it seemed like a poor squeal to a great movie by a favorite director. Though I don't directly remember what I was thinking after reading the Lord of the Rings I have always equated the same type of thought to it. While I would never directly ascribe to the authors popular-ism as a motive that is the taste I get after the read. [I]shrug[/I] I've never directly researched the timeline or bio so I have no idea whether my feelings are founded in any literal way. [/QUOTE]
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