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Jackson largely kept the epic quotes from the books, even if he reassigned them, so why did he completely GUT Eowyn’s scene with the Witch King?? Truly one of the single most epic moments in the books??

LISTEN I felt apathetic about so much of this, but the chapter Shelob’s Lair is utterly fantastic

The films really done Faramir dirty :(

Embarrassing to find I think the film improved the battle of Helm’s Deep, not least because the script handed the best lines to Bernard Hill, who gave an epic performance with every single one

“Pippin found the sound very pleasant to listen to at first, but gradually his attention wavered” is an exact representation of my mood 🫠

Would be shocked if Andy Serkis didn't lose his voice for at least a day after recording the Khazad-dûm chapter

The short chapter on whether Jesus can pray the psalmists’ prayers of penitence is eye-opening

Yeah Tom Bombadil is nuts

After 15-20 years I think I’m finally ready to revisit these

“Salvation, then, means more than reformation; it means revolution. Nature abhors a vacuum. Not only must the strong man be overcome; the stronger man must have total victory and take possession of the castle. / This leads Jesus to speak next of himself. He is the stronger man, the one who brings this salvation. He is the Saviour.”

After a strong beginning, the rest of the book thus far has felt like a letdown; where's the depth of BLESSED? :(

Why yes I can be peer-pressured into reading something, why do you ask?

Are there ANY men named Frank in Trollope novels who are not annoying?

I adore Marie Finn and I adore her friendship with the duke. 💔

Oh no, not hunting 😫

I am Team Isabel and if this ship sinks I will be most seriously displeased

Trollope deals in stereotypes but he’s still so much more generous to Americans than Dickens was

The way Trollope takes a mildly bad set of circumstances and makes them gradually worse and worse is excruciating.

The last Trollope read by Timothy West 😭

is EVERY young person in this story illegitimate??

Somebody call Nancy Drew to investigate cuz otherwise this mystery ain't never getting resolved

heroine: I mustn’t let anyone here know I’m the sister of the archaeologist who mysteriously disappeared
also the heroine: THE APPLICATION OF LINSEED OIL MAKES THESE ROMAN MOSAICS SO VIBRANT
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The heroine is one of the dumbest I’ve ever met in the pages of a novel 💀

Sucker for Gothic-romance settings, allergic to Gothic-romance heroes

Whenever Heathcliff starts talking about Cathy my eyes roll way way back into my skull

Oops, somewhere along the way I got invested

Just when I thought no worse characters could be introduced, we get the second generation of absolutely loathsome twits

people in Yorkshire eat nothing but porridge and honestly that explains a lot