Reading Fellowship and Two Towers and trying to read return of the King killed LOTR for me, lol. I still havent brought myself to watch the Jackson films because I was so brunt out at the time over the books... I think it actually killed my interest in reading to a certain extent, lol. (Tolkien's style wasn't really to my taste)
If you're into Fantasy, maybe try Piers Anthony's Xanth books. They're a little odd to say the least, but a good read(warning the puns per minute get higher the further you get into the series). His sci-fi is fun too, though it's a lot less playful, not the YA trash they spit out now at all, ether way. I've also yet to read a bad Mercedes Lackey book (SERRAted Edge is my personal favorite series, though I like Heralds of Valdemar as well).
I got into Laurel K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire hunter Series for a while. The early books aren't bad but fair warning, they get progressively more smutty the further the series goes, to the point it gets in the way of actual plot... I also feel like she's thrown in a few fanservice moments that just felt tacked on and completely out of place...
I'll have to check those out! My mom read the Hobbit to me and my sister as kids and I ended up reading the LOTR books with my mom as the movies were coming out. The movies are just about a word for word live action remake of the books. Highly recommend. 10/10. The Hobbit has a more general fantasy feel but the book also did and wasn't as high stakes as the lotr storyline. Definitely not as good as the LOTR trilogy but still good I think. Not as faithful to the book but I really enjoyed the portrayal of the characters. If you watch lotr sometime I would recommend the extended cuts. WAYYYYY more scenes that are in the books especially return of the king.... That was hands down the best extended cut in the trilogy. Totally worth 4.5 hours lol
Honestly, I don't think Lucas would have gotten so much shit about those if he had just sucked up his pride and made the theatrical release available when people asked for it.
Reading Fellowship and Two Towers and trying to read return of the King killed LOTR for me, lol. I still havent brought myself to watch the Jackson films because I was so brunt out at the time over the books... I think it actually killed my interest in reading to a certain extent, lol. (Tolkien's style wasn't really to my taste)
If you're into Fantasy, maybe try Piers Anthony's Xanth books. They're a little odd to say the least, but a good read(warning the puns per minute get higher the further you get into the series). His sci-fi is fun too, though it's a lot less playful, not the YA trash they spit out now at all, ether way. I've also yet to read a bad Mercedes Lackey book (SERRAted Edge is my personal favorite series, though I like Heralds of Valdemar as well).
I got into Laurel K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire hunter Series for a while. The early books aren't bad but fair warning, they get progressively more smutty the further the series goes, to the point it gets in the way of actual plot... I also feel like she's thrown in a few fanservice moments that just felt tacked on and completely out of place...
I'll have to check those out! My mom read the Hobbit to me and my sister as kids and I ended up reading the LOTR books with my mom as the movies were coming out. The movies are just about a word for word live action remake of the books. Highly recommend. 10/10. The Hobbit has a more general fantasy feel but the book also did and wasn't as high stakes as the lotr storyline. Definitely not as good as the LOTR trilogy but still good I think. Not as faithful to the book but I really enjoyed the portrayal of the characters. If you watch lotr sometime I would recommend the extended cuts. WAYYYYY more scenes that are in the books especially return of the king.... That was hands down the best extended cut in the trilogy. Totally worth 4.5 hours lol
As long as there's no "special editions," lmao
Lmao 😂
Honestly, I don't think Lucas would have gotten so much shit about those if he had just sucked up his pride and made the theatrical release available when people asked for it.