Kicking The Hobbit

I'm reading J. R. R. Tolkien's classic, The Hobbit. I have been for some time. Years, in fact. I started the book in primary school and still haven't finished it. I've got about a hundred pages to go and it's real slow going.
Just to set things straight, I'm not a slow reader, it's just that I barely read the first couple of chapters when I was a child before being tempted away by something shiny, I imagine.
Years later, I came across the book in Waterstones and resolved to finish what I started when I was small. And here's the problem, the book just doesn't grab me. I could put it down and say I was right first time but I'm determined to reach The End.