I see quite a lot of talk in here and online in general about how overly descriptive Tolkien is in these books. As someone who is new to the books and new to the fantasy genre, I am not finding any of the descriptions unnecessarily drawn out and overbearing? I think it’s almost required in most cases to allow the reader to orientate themselves in the Middle Earth and know and feel what it’s like to experience what the characters are going through. For the most part, the areas they find themselves are vast expanses of land, which naturally contains so many sights and smells etc. and I just think it should read a bit slower to be properly immersed. I don’t mean to outright disagree with anyone but I am just curious - is descriptive language like this not normal in this genre or are people generally finding it unnecessary due to having seen the movies etc?

I see quite a lot of talk in here and online in general about how overly descriptive Tolkien is in these books. As someone who is new to the books and new to the fantasy genre, I am not finding any of the descriptions unnecessarily drawn out and overbearing? I think it’s almost required in most cases to allow the reader to orientate themselves in the Middle Earth and know and feel what it’s like to experience what the characters are going through. For the most part, the areas they find themselves are vast expanses of land, which naturally contains so many sights and smells etc. and I just think it should read a bit slower to be properly immersed. I don’t mean to outright disagree with anyone but I am just curious - is descriptive language like this not normal in this genre or are people generally finding it unnecessary due to having seen the movies etc?

I see quite a lot of talk in here and online in general about how overly descriptive Tolkien is in these books. As someone who is new to the books and new to the fantasy genre, I am not finding any of the descriptions unnecessarily drawn out and overbearing? I think it’s almost required in most cases to allow the reader to orientate themselves in the Middle Earth and know and feel what it’s like to experience what the characters are going through. For the most part, the areas they find themselves are vast expanses of land, which naturally contains so many sights and smells etc. and I just think it should read a bit slower to be properly immersed. I don’t mean to outright disagree with anyone but I am just curious - is descriptive language like this not normal in this genre or are people generally finding it unnecessary due to having seen the movies etc?