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Kamog, give it a try, do.

But I have noticed that those who read it first as children seem to love it all their lives, (or at least well into middle age, LOL.)

But those who first read LOTR as adults are often far less impressed.

Mind you, the tale has a great deal to offer to the mature mind. There are depths and subtleties that I entirely missed as a child, and even as a young man. Then it was only a rousing adventure tale to me.

In more recent years, I have come to see the other charms of the story. For example, there are deeper observations on right and wrong, and how knowing that you are morally in the right can strengthen you beyond anything you would have thought possible.

In this world we live in, where ethics seem irrelevant to so many, LOTR is a refreshing tale of the advantages of virtue.