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Mithalwen · 11-13-2005, 10:48 AM

But while I loved the hobbit as a child, having heard it read on Jackanory, I now find it virtually unreadable. Not because of the lack of female protagonists but because the style grates and unlike Pooh or even Alice, I don't get anything more out of it than I did as a child. the depths of the Hobbit are revealed in LOTR. It works best read aloud to small children (I heard this done as an adult when I was a matron in a boarding school and it seemed enchanting again). As a book to read it doesn't appeal anymore - not becasue I am a woman but becasue I am an adult.

11-13-2005, 10:48 AM	#20
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	This won't be helpful... But while I loved the hobbit as a child, having heard it read on Jackanory, I now find it virtually unreadable. Not because of the lack of female protagonists but because the style grates and unlike Pooh or even Alice, I don't get anything more out of it than I did as a child. the depths of the Hobbit are revealed in LOTR. It works best read aloud to small children (I heard this done as an adult when I was a matron in a boarding school and it seemed enchanting again). As a book to read it doesn't appeal anymore - not becasue I am a woman but becasue I am an adult. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace