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I’m 50 years old, female, from the United States. I’ve been a DailyLit member since March 27, 2009. My reading interests include scifi, fantasy, adventure, self improvement, and poetry.
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Etc. - Question of the Week #12: Unfinished Books
I am a big fantasy fan but cannot get through "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Every detail is so excruciatingly thought out and detailed that I find myself getting bored even in pivotal battle scenes. I loved the movies and hope that will help me get through them before I die. I've started and stopped reading them for around 30 years now. First I gave up on "The Fellowship of the Ring." I thought that perhaps he'll have warmed up by the second and tried "The Two Towers." Nope. My introduction was "The Hobbit" even though I couldn't completely force myself through it either. I think my issue with the series is the lack of female characters that I can identify with. I don't have problems reading with fantasy with strong female characters. For the most part Tolkien females have traditional roles. I'm not knocking Tolkien. He was a product of the times he lived just as I am a product of mine. I enjoy Marian Zimmer Bradley for example.