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>War and Peace is only as long as Lord of the Rings, after all. It's odd to me that people will read something like ASOIF and then punt on that.

I read the first four ASOIAF books in two weeks (before the TV show). I read the fifth one in two days straight after buying the ebook at midnight on release day.

I have repeatedly failed to read more than a few dozen pages of LotR.

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The beginning of LotR is rather slow, and specially the Old Forest section is a slog. Almost made me give up on the book.

After they reach Bree, the entire thing was a breeze for me