[quote=TheMusketMan]
Or is Lord of the Rings really hard to read? I had to read a chunk every couple of weeks just to get to the last chapter of the first book. I was able to speed through The Hobbit no problem, but the first book is really hard to get through. Anyone else feel like this? It may be because I have all of the LoTR books in one massive book, but I don't think so.
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His writing style is dry and historical linguistic... person dude. His field was dry and textbook. There's a reason he wrote things like the Silmarillion.