Love the hobbit (would recommend reading first personally, I don't personally think its a particularly childish style of writing! it just also gives you a set up for the lotr trilogy!), My Friends was one of my favourite reads last year, so good. I also read Question 7, interesting structure and format for a memoir, very beautiful writing!
@Sara-if5dx so many conflicting opinions on the hobbit- making me very intrigued! Ooh great, nice to hear more good things about Question 7 and My Friends! Can't wait to get to them 😁
@@Sarahsreadingjournal although I guess I did read it when I was younger...so that's probably affecting my opinion? But I still think it's worth trying
I love The Lord of the Rings (and Tolkien's other works), it was the most influential book in my life - and I don't really like The Hobbit, either. I think it's an endearing, but ultimately pretty cringe attempt at writing for children by somebody who is clearly not familiar with that kind of register. 😅 I recently bought Raderzkymarsch on the recommendation of Austrian author Eva Menasse, whom I respect very much. Very curious about it, but seems like an autumn/winter book to me.
@evastrange Ah, interesting! Yes, I had heard other people mention that it reads like a children's book, so may give it a go and see how I get on. It may well be Autumn before the Radetzky March arrives 😅 I'm excited to try it!
Love the hobbit (would recommend reading first personally, I don't personally think its a particularly childish style of writing! it just also gives you a set up for the lotr trilogy!), My Friends was one of my favourite reads last year, so good. I also read Question 7, interesting structure and format for a memoir, very beautiful writing!
@Sara-if5dx so many conflicting opinions on the hobbit- making me very intrigued! Ooh great, nice to hear more good things about Question 7 and My Friends! Can't wait to get to them 😁
I love The Hobbit so much! I hope you do read it.
@pocketfullofponder Aw, that's good to hear! I have just renewed my loan today so I'll try and get to it 😁
@@Sarahsreadingjournal although I guess I did read it when I was younger...so that's probably affecting my opinion? But I still think it's worth trying
I love The Lord of the Rings (and Tolkien's other works), it was the most influential book in my life - and I don't really like The Hobbit, either. I think it's an endearing, but ultimately pretty cringe attempt at writing for children by somebody who is clearly not familiar with that kind of register. 😅
I recently bought Raderzkymarsch on the recommendation of Austrian author Eva Menasse, whom I respect very much. Very curious about it, but seems like an autumn/winter book to me.
@evastrange Ah, interesting! Yes, I had heard other people mention that it reads like a children's book, so may give it a go and see how I get on. It may well be Autumn before the Radetzky March arrives 😅 I'm excited to try it!
@@Sarahsreadingjournal It *is* a children's book! But Tolkien, unfortunately, was not really a children's book writer…