The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien Reviews

This I feel is a duty I must perform for all true lovers of Sci-fantasy. Having read some reviews here, the overwhelming feeling is that LOTR IS a good book. However,there are some that seem unimpressed and right they are to voice their views if albeit they seem a certain minority! This book must however be taken on its own merits and these are ...

Lord of the Rings is one of the modern day classics. It spawned thousands of ‘copycat’ novels, and was at the forefront of the growing volume of Fantasy books. Lord of the Rings has entered British Literature as a modern day classic. Thousands of authors around the world try to emulate J R R Tolkien’s writing but none ...

It is some years since i read this book. However, it is firmly in my memory where it will always be. Be prepared for a very long book that can be tedious to start with. Get past the party at the begining and you are about to enter a world that every young or old person should read about. I really do feel much more educated for reading ...

If you have never read a fantasy novel before I suggest that this series of books are your first port of call. These books follow the story of Frodo Baggins on his quest to Mount Doom to destroy a magic ring, which in the wrong hands could wreak havoc in the world of Middle Earth. All along their journey they are followed by the dreaded Riders ...

Tolkien wrote The Hobbit. It's a good book and all but The Lord Of The Rings is one of the greatest books of the 20th century. It starts where the hobbit ends, in Hobbiton, and it tells of the story of Frodo Baggins and his quest to destoy the One Ring (The lord of the rings!). There are also many sub-plots in the story aswell ...

First off, I'd like to say one thing about Lord of the Rings. It is fantasy, plain and simple. There are no hidden meanings, no deep-rooted social digs and no secret political messages. It is merely, although it loses nothing through it, a traditional tale of good against evil, greed against purity. It's a story, and a damned fine one at ...

Lord of the Rings is a trilogy that is almost impossible to compare with other fiction novels. It is a tale of endeavour, struggle, failure, hope, the rise and fall of kingdoms, and so very much more all rolled into one. Tolkien devised a story of creation (as in The Silmarillion) and this formed the backbone for all the Rings ...

I read "Lord of the Rings" 24yrs ago but it is still one of the books I have most enjoyed. It took me 2 1/2dys to read the trilogy: not bad for a dyslexic, eh? I even propped that book up behind the taps whilst doing the dishes. At night, I read until the print became fuzzy grey lines and my eyes were stinggy soreP: ...

I remember when I was about 8 or 9 getting a school reading book with the part of the story where Bilbo Baggins wrests the all important ring from Gollum in the watery cave. A short while later, I saw the animated cartoon of the first part of the 'lord of the rings'. I was hooked (although terrified by the image of the Dark Horsemen ...

This book, along with it's prequel 'The Hobbit' has to be the best fantasy story ever written. It draws you into a whole new world in such a way that you actually believe that it exists. Although the religious undertones are a little hard to understand, the atmosphere is so enthralling that it doesn't matter. I would have to say ...

IGNORANCE IS NOT BEING UNABLE TO READ, BUT BEING ABLE TO READ AND NOT DOING SO! That is one of my favourite sayings. I felt compelled to choose Lord of the Rings as my first book review, as there really is no other book to compare this to. How do you rate a book, when only your interpretation of the ...

J.R.R Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is undoubtedly the greatest fantasy novel of all time. Along with its prequel, ‘The Hobbit’, Tolkien explores a vast world of elves, dwarves, wizards, orcs and, most importantly of all, hobbits. The book is about the adventures of Frodo Baggins, a hobbit who inherits a ...

Everyone should give this book a try, wonderfully written, timeless and entertaining - Advantages: Masterpeice of Literature, Highly readable and Enjoyable, Engulfs you into its world - Disadvantages: Too much for some people to read

Tolkien's Lord of the Rings is the father of all fantasy tales. It's a beautifully written story of friendship and betrayal, which keeps the readers attention from the first page. Characters are so well described they almost seem real, Tolkien doesn't just create a world for us to read about...instead we're ...

I perhaps don't have the most objective take onthis book as i'm reading it at the moment, but it is the greatest saga in the world. I know a lot of people are put off by the label of "fantasy" that's attached to this book and so i'll address that first before i laud it unconditionally. The first point is that it ...

.....well I don't know if I can work up the effort for this..... my eyes are drooping like the rain-soaked eaves of a neglected thatch cottage and my limbs feel as dead as Big Daddy I’ll give it go….. You see, I’ve just finished reading the most corpulent piece of literary trash since I read the ...

Tolkeins master work: truly believable fantasy. - Advantages: engaging characters, immerse yourself in a different world, enormous book with classic plot - Disadvantages: feeling rather flat when it ends

Top book, well worth the effort of reading! - Advantages: Amazing plot, Excellent characters, Happy(ish) ending - Disadvantages: Very long

What does it take for a book to be so popular that there are no other books to rival it? It’s hard to tell – it’s some kind of intangible quality that wraps you up completely in it and refuses to let go, even when you’ve finished. The Lord Of The Rings is a monster of a book. At over 1000 pages long, you need large ...

I am an unconditional sci-fi and fantasy fan. Usually, if a book or a movie has some magic, some adventure and some really weird creatures, I am going to like it. I must however admit I was very disappointed by the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Sorry to disagree with you, all of you fans of this truly complex and majestic saga, but I did not ...