This was obviously not the first time I've read Lord of the Rings. I had have listened to it since I was a kid, and read it by eye once even. This time, I was listening to the new audiobook recordings made by Andy Serkis. His reading of the first book was phenomenal, really bringing the weird and creepy adventures to life. I don't think you could see Tom Bombadil as anything but essential in Serkis's reading. But I think his more casual reading style was less well adapted to Return of the King in particular, which towards the end is just full of grand pronouncements, both by the author and the characters in their speeches. For this, I think Inglis provides a better performance.