The same with me. Read about two pages of a book and stopped. I don't mind fantasy if it has half a chance of being possible. A writer who invents a different world because he is unhappy with the one he finds himself in is fine, in itself. It's not my cup of tea in this case. To my mind, LOTR makes no sense, book or movie. The story would been interesting to me only if the monsters had had a chance to eat some, if not all, the hobbits.