So I didn’t hate it! But I didn’t love it either. I know full well that epic fantasy is not my favourite genre but I really wanted to read this after picking it up and not finishing it 6 years ago.
I listened to it as an audio book in the hope that this would help me to appreciate it more rather than skimming pages if I got bored. I’d say I enjoyed the first half before slowly losing interest towards the end (the battles don’t hold much excitement for me). My favourite character was Bilbo (how could it not be- such a sassy hobbit) and I thought Gandalf would play a bigger part in the story but maybe I’m confusing it with LOTR.
Very proud of myself for having finished it :)