The Fellowship of the Ring

3/5

It is a wonderfully rich and well thought out world and story. For which I love this book and the world Tolkien created. The way the story is told is not quite for me.

The general feeling was a mix between ‘quite dull' and ‘interesting bits'. Most parts read slow, laden with text that does enrich the world, but does not progress the story (much).

I don't mind all the details and descriptions of the world, I do quite enjoy the story told in such a detailed world. But the balance was a bit off for me.

It feels like the characters are a means to tell the story. They're all quite shallow. It seems they are not much more than a name on the page with a character trait or two.
The way it is told you get a sense of what they are feeling or thinking sometimes, but not much. Neither is there very much dialog between them. As a reader I feel quite disconnected from the characters. I can imagine how tough or perilous the journey would be, but it doesn't quite hit me.