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Rosie Posie Burrows · 01-26-2002, 10:23 AM

I read The Hobbit when I was seven, and loved it. I can't really believe a child of four could understand it though…
I read Lord of the Rings when I was nine. That was okay, I liked it, but I did find it really heavy going and I probably should have waited a couple of years. I've read The Fellowship again now (at 15), and I got much more enjoyment out of it the second time around. So I think LOTR is better for ages 12 and up really… [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

01-26-2002, 10:23 AM	#31
Rosie Posie Burrows Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: England Posts: 11	I read The Hobbit when I was seven, and loved it. I can't really believe a child of four could understand it though… I read Lord of the Rings when I was nine. That was okay, I liked it, but I did find it really heavy going and I probably should have waited a couple of years. I've read The Fellowship again now (at 15), and I got much more enjoyment out of it the second time around. So I think LOTR is better for ages 12 and up really… [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ "…For still there are so many things that I have never seen: in every wood in every spring there is a different green…"