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

Truth be told, I don't really need to say much here, do I? If you're here you almost certainly know at least a little about JRR Tolkien's masterwork. The book is available in three volumes ('The Fellowship of the Ring', 'The Two Towers', 'The Return of the King') but is not strictly speaking a trilogy, in my ...

How to put it into words? it is an epic on a collosal scale. you read this book for a month without putting it down and there isnt one bit that can be called boring or uninteresting. J.R.R Tolken takes you into the world of Elves,Dwarfs,Men,Wisards and the lovable Hobbits. This book was read to me when i was about 6 and i picked it up again only 4 ...

I love this book - it is entertaining, imaginative, and addictive. The Hobbits draw you into their world, and enchant you with their ways. Walk through this strange and wonderful world with them, and meet their friends and enemies. Enjoy with them the delights of meeting old friends and new, tremble with them as they go into battle ...

This is a series of books you will not be able to put down. The books are based on The Hobbit and it is advisable to read this before reading these three books. The Hobbit gives you a flavour of what to expect from Tolklen and if you this I can guarantee you will go on to enjoy the trilogy of The Lord of The Rings. Initial tenacity is required ...

Now a lot of arty-farty nonsense gets written about books, and this one is the subject to an awful lot of it. A few of these reviews are plastered on the back, and amongst them is "A flawless masterpiece, tolkien at his best", loathed as I am to literaray criticism I have to concede that this bloke was spot on. This book is ...

I read this one when I was 8, and it left a huge impression. For all my life it remained in my memory as being the most fantastic thing I'd ever read. I remember it being full of wizards and dwarves and talking trees and fantastic adventures. So, spurred on by my fond memories, I undertook to re-read it last year. What a let down. It ...

This book follows on a few years after where the previous book (The Hobbit) left off. This book (or rather these three books) tell story of the Ring that Bilbo Baggins acquired in The Hobbit. After his birthday party, Bilbo passes the ring to his nephew Frodo who embarks on a set of adventures of his own. This book, and The Hobbit are ...

This story is a classic, if not the classic, quest saga. The mild-mannered, unassuming main character is wrenched from his normal everyday life and thrust into the role of a Hero with a task to complete. He collects friends along the way to help him achieve this task. Villains also pop up along the journey attempting to thwart him from achieving ...

A book thats been around for years but still has the attraction to all types of people and has been a bedtime story for many years.A very colourfull story line with hobbits, wizards and ghost horse riders.In the middle of it all is Golumn with his precious a ring. Has been turned into a cartoon which got the story across very well, soon to become ...

Powerful in parts (these mostly being descriptions of Sauron and his works), and subtler than it is given credit for, but this is not a great book. It's snobbish, priggish, sugary, sentimental, irrationalist, racist, elitist. These are moral judgments but I think even applying Oscar Wilde's dictum -- books are only good or bad, not moral ...