@cholemilla: I cannot let Tolkien beat me…but he is putting up one hell of a fight and I didn’t listen. #fy #foryou #BookTok #lotr #jrrtolkien #audiobook #gollum
when you get around to the movies, watch the extended version! if you have the attention span
2025-03-13 22:45:16
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Erynn🇨🇦 :
The Andy Serkis audiobook versions are amazing!!
2025-03-13 22:35:47
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Abbi Louise875 :
He meanders off. They're good but it's sometimes hard to stay focused because he has a hard time staying focused
2025-03-14 04:43:18
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WanderingAbbie :
as a huge Tolkien fan ma'am? do not read the silmarillion till you are done with every single book, that thing is capable of sending anyone into a deep coma
2025-03-13 22:35:33
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Mrs. Manrique :
I love your stubbornness. I usually watch the schtuffs first as a rule, so that my book reading doesn’t make me a snob about the adaptation.
2025-03-15 15:39:23
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Kaia Kay :
TolkienTok is here for you!! Us Tolkien creators are here to answer any questions & help you out if you need any help understanding stuff!! 🖤🖤
2025-03-14 13:52:18
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Maika Spencer :
Tolkien is very very very descriptive. If you are able to you can sometimes just skim that overly flowery decriptions
2025-03-13 22:49:14
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caffeandink :
I watched the movies first and then read the books and it really did help a lot. But another thing you can do is watch Youtube videos or listen to podcasts of people who love the stories.
2025-03-14 11:16:56
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grace :
definitely watch the extended editions of the movies!!! you'll like those a lot more than the normal version of the films, after reading them🩷🩷
2025-03-14 18:29:05
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Glitzy Dragon's Book Hoard :
You’re doing great! Tolkien wrote in a style that isn’t really how we speak anymore, on the whole. His style isn’t always something we can just sink into—it takes more effort sometimes. You got this!
2025-03-14 17:23:09
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Arien C Pierce :
I mean why not watch each movie as a reward for completing each book
2025-03-13 22:47:41
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Cooper Brown :
I got to the Tom Bombadil part of Fellowship and gave up 😂. Peter Jackson did us a solid cutting that out!!!!
2025-03-13 22:32:54
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torilyra :
Just here to say I’m proud of your self restraint 🤣♥️✨
2025-03-14 19:23:20
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BreakupBookClub 🇳🇿 :
Also - you are in the same boat I am in with Dune - I’m determined to read first
2025-03-14 02:04:51
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Kristen Masterpiece :
it took me 3 years to read them lol
2025-03-13 22:42:28
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Hannah📚 :
Once you get to the movies, I know it’ll be a lot longer, but the extended versions are so so worth it in my opinion. They just add so much. Also yeah you were very brave jumping straight into this world via reading lord of the rings first😬😂 I love reading, I love these books and the movies, and it still took me like twice as long to read through the 3 of them than I’d normally take with books of that length. They are just so lore dense that I ended up having to read slower so take it all in lmao
2025-03-14 04:03:22
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Lee West :
his writing style takes commitment especially when he's writing about leaves
2025-03-14 18:16:47
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MegSkoomaPirate :
PLEASE WATCH THE MOVIES! PLEASE! They're cinematic MASTERPIECES!
2025-03-14 02:45:41
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Sarah Elizabeth :
If you haven’t watched the movies then finish the books first. I grew up on the movies, just finished the first book for first time and so far I feel like I was robbed on the big moments.
2025-03-14 02:42:02
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S :
Two Towers can be so rough. Read it aloud and that will help!
2025-03-14 00:43:54
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LadySnowstorm :
as someone who only in the last couple of years got into lotr, and just recently watched the hobbit trilogy for the first time, it's never too late to get into them
2025-03-15 15:57:43
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TinkertheDogFromTurkey🇨🇦 :
I was lucky that I had an ex say I probably wouldn’t be able to handle them. That fueled me but man was it painful at times lol I loved the story but 😮💨
2025-03-15 07:21:08
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Kati 🌷 :
oh my god i'm reading The Hobbit and its the same for different reason and i am struggling!! 😂
2025-03-15 05:58:21
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TheDragonNaturalist :
I’m one of those people who has read the books and Silmarillion many many times. And I think Tolkien is a lot. I gotta be in the right mood hand mindset to read those books. Worth it, but a lot.
2025-03-14 20:03:33
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Matt Downey :
Begging you to listen to the Andy Serkis audiobooks, they rule! but yeah the books aren't for everyone by all means. and you can totally enjoy the world without reading anything
2025-03-14 17:03:49
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