This edition should be allowed to summon an extra star, because it's The Lord of the Freakin' Rings, plus it's illustrated with 50 incredible paintings. As in, shiny art plates scattered throughout the book. They're exquisite, and they're an incredible help to someone like me, who has no ability to ...
A Reflection Upon an Influential Work of Fiction How does one set about writing a review for a book that has so influenced their reading history? If you are by any means a wide reader or even a student of popular western culture then you would understand the essential impact that The Lord of the...
The first thing I should say for those unfamiliar with it, is that The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King aren't self-contained books, three in a trilogy, but volumes of what was conceived as one novel. Thus expect an abrupt ending to Fellowship of the Ring and an abru...
Tolkien is a part of my upbringing and I first tried to read this book when I was eight years old. I put it away and returned to it when I was about eleven and able to tackle it, and then re-read it a few years later, and when the films came out my family and I watched them together one by one. It h...
I read this in 1969 (after reading The Hobbit) and it became my favorite book for many years. It was my first experience with fantasy adventure novels and what a lucky choice it was.
As this was much faster-paced and more action-packed than its predecessor, I enjoyed this book much more than The Fellowship of the Ring. If it was possible to understand this book without reading the Fellowship of the Ring, I'd recommend everyone start the series with Two Towers. Unfortunately, t...
Just finished reading this to my 9 year old boys tonight and it was great. I was worried going into it that this might be a bit much for them but they handled it well. One of them did better than the other with details and remembering characters from before but they both enjoyed it. I have also s...
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