Baggins! We Hates Baggins! (The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien)

Member Name: LevonH

Product:	The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
Date:	28/02/09 (18 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: You will be utterly absorbed.

Disadvantages: Drags a little at times...

The Lord of the Rings became something of a stigma for a while. Literary snobs would sneer and chuckle at the possibility that a silly tale of dwarves and wizards could ever be taken seriously. In the 60's and 70's hippies became obsessed with the books and embarrassed themselves and everyone else by opening shops with names like Gandalf' Garden. The fact remains that TLOTR's is as gripping a tale and as complex a plot as anything found in Wagner, Proust or well, anywhere really. Borrowing from Icelandic sagas and Norse folk tales, Tolkiens world is utterly enchanting. Yes, there's a lot of running about and fighting and yes, perhaps the Fellowship could do with a few less songs but ultimately, when you reach the last chapters of Return of the King, you've been on a long journey too. This is one of those books that you simply read again and again over your lifetime.

Summary: Pipsqueak chucks jewelly into volcano.