This is why I never finished the Lord of the Rings trilogy as a child when I picked them up I blasted through the Hobbit, saw more works by JRRT, nabbed all 3 at once, began reading them, but they were so militaristic, less focused on adventure/fantasy, more on war experiences in a way less escapism

I enjoyed a biography (autobiography? but it wasn't written by JRRT, but said autobiography on the card catalogue... 30 years ago, so hard to recall exact details) more than the LotR trilogy, during that same period of my life, and I don't even really like non-fiction at all