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Wormius · 07-25-2015, 09:34 PM

I read the LOTR trilogy after seeing the FOTR movie, finishing before the other movies were released. I loved the books and was disappointed in the later 2 movies and the content left out of FOTR. There is an amazing depth in the material and mythology that Tolkien created. The amount that he fleshed out this world is incredible.

While I read the Hobbit after the LOTR books, I introduced it to my son when he was about 7 since it was pretty self-contained and didn't use as much made-up language that I think would have tripped up the flow of reading it, compared to the LOTR books. I am not sure if the order of the reading has much impact. He is almost done the Harry Potter books, so might visit LOTR next.

My only complaint is the way the LOTR is organized between the two parties of say, Frodo/Sam/Gollum and Aragorn/et al. I haven't read it in a while, but if I recall correctly you read from one party's perspective for the first half of the book, and then the others for the next half.

I haven't read the Silmarillian, tried at one point but couldn't get into it. I will try again at some point though.

07-25-2015, 09:34 PM	#6
Wormius Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Somewhere down the crazy river. Exp:	I read the LOTR trilogy after seeing the FOTR movie, finishing before the other movies were released. I loved the books and was disappointed in the later 2 movies and the content left out of FOTR. There is an amazing depth in the material and mythology that Tolkien created. The amount that he fleshed out this world is incredible. While I read the Hobbit after the LOTR books, I introduced it to my son when he was about 7 since it was pretty self-contained and didn't use as much made-up language that I think would have tripped up the flow of reading it, compared to the LOTR books. I am not sure if the order of the reading has much impact. He is almost done the Harry Potter books, so might visit LOTR next. My only complaint is the way the LOTR is organized between the two parties of say, Frodo/Sam/Gollum and Aragorn/et al. I haven't read it in a while, but if I recall correctly you read from one party's perspective for the first half of the book, and then the others for the next half. I haven't read the Silmarillian, tried at one point but couldn't get into it. I will try again at some point though.