I found the early part of the book very remote, if that's the right word, dealing as it does withe the creation and the coming of the gods. When it gets down to Numenor and Beleriand, and the interactions between the peoples that inhabit them, the fall of Gondolin, the stories of Beren, and Tuor, and Turin - "human" is not really applicable, but these stories are far more accessible than the start of the book.
Good luck with it anyway - I must confess, it took me a long time to appreciate the whole book, because I, like you I suspect, expected and wanted another
LotR. But it
is worth it, if you really like the writing of JRRT, I assure you.
I also recommend you read the
Letters of JRR Tolkien, and cherrypick the
History of Middle-Earth, if you really want to know more about the man, and the sheer depth behind the two main books.
