I didn't read The Hobbit and therefore The Lord of the Rings for many years after it was offered to me simply because it was described on the cover as an "enchanting" children's book. I'd been reading adult books for several years at that point and that was not appealing to me. I finally read it when we had a number of teachers out one day and I was sentenced to a four hour study hall and in desparation for something... anything to read borrowed a friends copy.
Related, the British version of Harry Potter has two editions, one for kids and one for adults. They're textually identical, but cosmetically different.
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I didn't read The Hobbit and therefore The Lord of the Rings for many years after it was offered to me simply because it was described on the cover as an "enchanting" children's book. I'd been reading adult books for several years at that point and that was not appealing to me. I finally read it when we had a number of teachers out one day and I was sentenced to a four hour study hall and in desparation for something... anything to read borrowed a friends copy.
Related, the British version of Harry Potter has two editions, one for kids and one for adults. They're textually identical, but cosmetically different.