I liked Great Expectations, but 'A Tale of Two Cities' on the other hand....
. As far as the Hobbit and the rest of LoTR, the only part I found boring was the first half or so of Fellowship...SOOO much walking and nothing going on. Other than that, I couldn't put the LoTRs down, and I felt the Hobbit was better than any one of the trilogy. Everone keeps telling me to read the Dune series, but the first book put me to sleep.