Right??? I’ve loved Tolkien since I was a kid. I’ve tried to read silmarillion several times and I swear my eyes just glaze over due to how pervasively stilted and baroque the language is.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

If it ain't baroque, don't fix it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Serkis reading it to you helps a lot, all of his readings are top tier

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

most of the time i fall asleep when being read to too.

also, i made it through (with the occasional nap with the book in my face), i just cant recall much of it but i cant really either from having read the first book of the old testament...

it's a good thing i started with lotr instead

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Here's a little treat for you

The BBC radio dramatization of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy

I myself like that they kept most of the things the Peter Jackson movies left out, like the absurd amount of musical loredumps in the text.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

my dude, the lord of the ring doesnt require watering it down with dramatization.

the silmarillion, on the other hand, could become much more accessible

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I don't feel that it is watering anything down. They are very faithful to the books