As a result, for me, the end of the book after the Fellowship left Moria really dragged out for me. Tolkein never intended the books to be published separately and so his story reflected that. They needed to make the movie have more of a traditional arc or risk not having people come back for the rest of the series. A lot of the deviations that the movie made makes sense in this light. I'm used to a certain level of excitement and lead up to some sort of a climax to finish off the first book, but that didn't end up happening. I didn't find that true at all for me, but then again I love to read history books so perhaps that's saying something when I say I really loved this book!Since this book was supposed to be just the first two parts of a very long book it didn't follow the standard story arc and that ended up bothering me a bit. Some people complain that it reads like a historical text and that it is dry and heavy instead of entertaining. I loved reading about the mythology and history behind the story, as well as the built up languages and the songs and poetry that helped make it all have such a rich tapestry. The scenery and descriptions were like paintings with words, and the world as a whole was just unique and layered and believable. They still did a great job though!The characters were richly displayed and wonderfully drawn. For any fan of the movies I highly recommend it! The world is much richer and more vibrant, with greater nuance and detail, and just an all around more vivid and brighter world than the movies could ever hope to portray. So to actually read them for the first time was absolutely amazing. I came to the start of this trilogy of books as a reader that had only ever seen them portrayed in movies.

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