It’s Amazing! Granted I’m only like 110 pages into Fellowship but Tolkien is an amazing story teller. I read the Hobbit a while back and since I work from home (the one benefit of my company having Covid hysteria) I get to read a lot more.
I remember Peter Jackson saying he wanted to tell Tolkien’s story. It’s too bad modern day adaptations don’t have that respect for source material. Wheel of Time comes to mind. That showrunner is more concerned with lgbt representation than actually adapting the story. And I have no hope for the new show based on the Simarillion (which I’ll read after I finish the trilogy).
You haven't even gotten to when it gets good yet! I kid of course, none of it's bad (though I'm personally not a fan of Tom Bombadil), but the first 200 pages are the slowest and feel like an extended prologue.
After reading Wheel of time with its extensive prologues in each book I can handle anything. lol
There are very few scenes of girls straightening their dresses in LOTR lol
Don't get me started on Tom Bombadil...
They have a ring of unspeakable evil that they must get to Mordor to destroy but - hey - we'll just spend 4 weeks partying it down here at Tom Bombadil's place and listen to his eeenteresing stories. :P