Thread:AVoraciousReader/@comment-28083312-20170611211035/@comment-28083312-20170611220642

Polar opposite here lol. I think the Hobbit takes the cake for my favorite LotR book, because though it had roughly the same amount of action as Fellowship of the Ring it was much less detached, I felt like I was actually involved. It doesn’t have as much lore or action as the Silmarillion, but the Silmarillion also felt detached & so even though the Silmarillion has much more raw content & action, I like the Hobbit a little more. As for the movies; it wasn’t so much the stretching of the content that ticked me off as the introduction of completely new characters & unsourced backstories & love interests, as well with a sort of…silliness that seemed to just ruin the spirit of the original book for me.