My eldest gave up on The Hobbit, and went back to reading David Walliams.
Much as I love Tolkien, I think he's made the right choice.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 11:57, 3 replies, latest was 9 years ago)

Oh Jesus I hope I never come into contact with another David Walliams book again.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 11:59, Reply)

I think he's their generation's Roald Dahl.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:45, Reply)

Mmm
After reading The Lord of the Rings and enjoying it immensely, I remember cracking open The Hobbit and thinking "Were these two even written by the same bloke?"
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:00, Reply)

I read the Silmarillion once
It was painful
( Peej, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:02, Reply)

Present from the wife by any chance >?

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:11, Reply)

click

( Peej, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:13, Reply)

Tolkien is bollocks.
I've tried a couple of times and given up quite quickly because it's well... shit.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:05, Reply)