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[–] janet_catcus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

i swear to god i have read this at some point but kept falling asleep trying

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Serkis reading it to you helps a lot, all of his readings are top tier

[–] janet_catcus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago

most of the time i fall asleep when being read to too.

also, i made it through (with the occasional nap with the book in my face), i just cant recall much of it but i cant really either from having read the first book of the old testament...

it's a good thing i started with lotr instead

[–] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Here's a little treat for you

The BBC radio dramatization of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy

I myself like that they kept most of the things the Peter Jackson movies left out, like the absurd amount of musical loredumps in the text.

[–] janet_catcus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

my dude, the lord of the ring doesnt require watering it down with dramatization.

the silmarillion, on the other hand, could become much more accessible

I don't feel that it is watering anything down. They are very faithful to the books