did any one find the begining a bit boring

[Alessae]

Viking Maiden, that was rather interesting...

[Alassiel]

It can be a drag sometimes, but it really is quite an enjoyable part to read when you're awake and concentrated.

[Master-of-Buckland]

Not at all! I was so excited to get started on book two, so I didn't find it boring..

[Vinyariel]

Not at all. And Boromirs death and the mourning about him is one of the best parts all over. Hey, he was member of the fellowship, the only one who died! And he died to rescue the hobbits. Thats a few tears worth I guess.

[Arien Elensar]

i can understand how someone thinks it's boring. the first time i read the book, i had trouble getting through certain sections. i also think that tolkien wrote in a different generation from ours. he wrote for an audience who was a little more patient than we(we're so used to having everything instantly and quickly). so he took his time developing the story etc. so, when reading older literature, the task is bridging that gap between generations and learning to read it in the manner that it was supposed to be read. obvioiusly, the whole book is not rip-roaring action, there's some long history sections and such...it just takes more than one reading to really get into it.
there, that's my little "english literature scholar" speech!

You took the words right out of my head.

[Jasmine]

Well.. I can't say it's boring.. but maybe just a bit dull..
BTW I agree with you, vikingmaiden ;D

[Arien Elensar]

Yes, dull is a more appropriate word.

[Lady Undomiel]

Specially the beggining of TTT book is one of my favourite things for reading and I don't think is boring.

[Arien Elensar]

I noticed that they all start out in a similar way.

[Laredith]

I just finished TTT for about the third time, and I didn't find the beginning boring. I think that a lot of people now think that because modern books and filsm are so fast paced that they are hard to pay attention to. In Tolkien's time, things were more relaxed and slow. At least, that is what I think

[Arien Elensar]

You are right Laredith. I can get impatient with books sometimes.

[Arwen Evenstar]

after i read the first book i knew that the second is going to be better that the one i read. so... whatever the begining the book is not at all boring!

[Arien Elensar]

I wish I had read the books before I watched the movie because that way I would have been more excited.

[MouthOfSauron]

The first scene in the TTT was not boring at all!!!!

[Libra]

no,no,no ! it wasn't boring at all ! The part with Boromir's death made me cry so much ... OMG ... it was like too sad...