Another re-read, I may just do the whole series at this point since it’s been quite a while since I read them first.

The book is obviously much slower and less action packed than the movies, the characters do fight and perform daring deeds, but they feel much more mundane than their movie counterparts. What the movies cannot match, however, is the loving detail in every aspect of the world Tolkien created. It all feels acutely real and one gets the sense that Tolkien thought deeply about every plain and hill and forest. The world feels historically grounded and lived in in a way few other fantasy works do.

Generally enjoying my re-read of this series so far and finding quite a few things I didn’t appreciate or remember from the last time.