That is funny that it was kind of considered a children's story at the time. I really don't feel like it was that at all. I didn't read any of the books until after TLOTR movies came out and they were all pretty heavy. Like really heavy reading with themes I think it might be hard for a child to grasp. Plus they were just so long. Who has that kind of attention span? :) Fantastic books though, I am glad I finally got around to reading them.
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yeah you really had to focus on the LOTR books. I got bored pretty easy when they would go into a story filled with the bloodline heritage of a particular village and everyone in it... my mind would wander but boy were those maps necessary. These books were TOUGH on the kindle because referencing the maps (which were at the start and end of the book) was too tedious.
I can only imagine. I am pretty sure I read paper copies of them, but still. Kind of reminds me of Ivanhoe as well. Pages and pages of the smallest detail, but such a fantastic story!