D.R.’s Comments (group member since Jan 12, 2022)

D.R.’s comments from the J.R.R. Tolkien group.

I agree, it's great.

I also feel The Hobbit really hooked me as a kid, while LOTR engaged me most as a teenager and young adult, and Children of Hurin strictly as an adult; I'm not sure I would have enjoyed it as much (with its darker themes) when I was younger, but then again, it wasn't available. Either way, I find it fascinating that Tolkien, writing stories set in Middle Earth, has three main Tales (I know there are others, but these are really the only complete narratives in prose form), each of which appeal to me most at a different age and stage in my life.

Yup. Just joined... big fan of Tolkien's work, Middle Earth related and otherwise.