So I’m very late to the party and this is my first time commenting here but I just finished the Rings of Power series and have been really really interested in getting into Tolkien lore lately (for shame, I know) but I’ve found it to be a bit intimidating.
I’ve only ever read The Hobbit, but have been going through and reading wikis, excerpts, watching lore videos and anything else I can find recently which has me interested to read more. The writing itself isn’t too difficult to follow but I find myself struggling with all the NAMES. Especially the fact that person place and thing has at least 3 different names for the exact same thing! This has been a bit daunting for me and kept me away from doing a full dive.
Any thoughts on this from some more experienced readers?
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So I’m very late to the party and this is my first time commenting here but I just finished the Rings of Power series and have been really really interested in getting into Tolkien lore lately (for shame, I know) but I’ve found it to be a bit intimidating.
I’ve only ever read The Hobbit, but have been going through and reading wikis, excerpts, watching lore videos and anything else I can find recently which has me interested to read more. The writing itself isn’t too difficult to follow but I find myself struggling with all the NAMES. Especially the fact that person place and thing has at least 3 different names for the exact same thing! This has been a bit daunting for me and kept me away from doing a full dive.
Any thoughts on this from some more experienced readers?