I feel reluctant to review a classic like LOTR, because others have such strong opinions surrounding it; to say anything other than praiseworthy can bring about the scorn of dedicated fans. Still, there’s no other way for me to remember what I thought about The Fellowship of the Ring than by documen...
The first time I read this book, I read an old copy of the book published in the 1960s, and according to the numerous forewords in this book, the version that I just finished is markedly different from the one I originally read. I exaggerate a bit (most of the changes are typos, corrections from "c...
The first volume of The Lord of the Rings begins the journey of Frodo Baggins from the peaceful paradise-like Shire towards the dark hellish land of Mordor, thus launching modern fantasy. Author J.R.R. Tolkien took almost 20 years to write the sequel to his bestseller The Hobbit during which he crea...
In the final chapters of the book, Frodo and company travel down the Anduin river in boats given them by the elves. Frodo discovers they are being followed by Gollum and must set up careful watches to avoid being throttled during the night. After many days floating the river they come to the point...
The story starts off nice and picks up some 60 years after The Hobbit ended. The main character shifts from Bilbo Baggins to Frodo Baggins, Bilbo's adopted heir. Bilbo holds his eleventy-first birthday party at which he mysteriously vanishes. He does this by using the ring he found in the last bo...
I read this novel for the fantasy genre of my reading challenge. Or maybe I should say that this is a start since I plan to read The Lord of the Rings, so I can't really consider it done until I read all three volumes. It is a good thing I read The Hobbit first since you really have to in order t...
Every time I read this, the seemingly simple tale of nine companions setting out upon a hopeless journey to the Black Land becomes richer and deeper. I never realised before how detailed Tolkien's descriptions are: he knows every peak and pass of his mountains, every twist and turn of his rivers, ev...
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind themIn ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One ...
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