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Classic_Result t1_ixpj4nd wrote

Reply to The Hobbit was a big disappointment for me by filisterr

The tone of The Hobbit is definitely more that of a children's story where LOTR is an epic fantasy with a whole bunch of complex characters.

You'd be mistaken in thinking that The Hobbit had little depth, but finding it dull is very much a matter of taste. It's a story of the development of one particular character, whereas LOTR has wildly more complex character development.

Indeed, the plot of LOTR depends heavily on character development. You see characters pushed to their very limits, you see them break, and the day is only saved because they had friends.

The Hobbit is much lighter in tone. LOTR is much darker, very melancholy, but stuffed like a Thanksgiving turkey with hope and faith in the possibility that just maybe good will win out in the end.

Maybe you'd like it. Knowing the story of The Hobbit makes the beginning of LOTR make a lot more sense. You appreciate better how odd for a hobbit that Bilbo had become.

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