I'm really enjoying reading Legend of the Condor Heroes. After like, watching a *lot* of 60s-modern wuxia media, it's where a lot of the recurring beats seem to come from (or, been popularised by).
It is nothing like Lord of the Rings, but I can see why that specific comparison gets made in terms of cultural impact.
Your particular enjoyment will vary wildly based on how much you enjoy weird-ass magical wuxia fights vs how much you can stomach the Song nationalism/filial piety bits.
But if that tradeoff works out then you get a cast of some of the most theatrical wacky characters getting into escalatingly ridiculous setpiece gimmicks, sitcom hijinks and competitions.