I mean hey, I read it. Technically for the second time, but I may have actually retained some of the information this time. I find this book exceedingly dull. The prose is dry and the character development is basically nonexistent (speaking only for this book). They spent most of it walking and talking. The hobbits are annoying.

This book has been talked to death and I don't think anyone cares about my boring thoughts on it. I'm expecting slightly better from the next two.