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cartoonalien's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
relaxing
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
asganger's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
andjela_27's review
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
kittycat2302's review against another edition
5.0
Again, I forgot how much I love these books!! Great great great.
wulfstanlee's review
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
lnconclusive's review
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
reedholmesa's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
aldora's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
There were some elements of this book that I preferred over the film, but ultimately the film is what I prefer overall. I enjoyed reading this, but it didn't quite give me the feels as much as Fellowship did, I think because it is the middle of the story, and I wasn't sure how much I liked the two main narratives being separated into the two halves of the book rather than mixed together like the film.
Some elements of the book that I preferred over the film were the depiction of Faramir, who was a lot nicer from the beginning and had more depth to his character, and the extra scenes with Treebeard and the Ents. Also the moment with Gollum in the small cave leading to Cirith Ungol when Sam and Frodo were sleeping.
However I was surprised to see that things like Helm's Deep came and went in a single chapter, and didn't feel quite as epic as the film, and the last half of the book being mainly the same three characters the entire time meant that it started to drag on a little bit for me in certain chapters.
My biggest surprise from this is that Saruman isn't dead!? Now I'm going to be worried about where the hell he is going to turn up again now.
Ultimately, I enjoyed this book greatly, but there were a few moments where I found myself looking ahead to see how long was left in a chapter, and I wasn't really a fan of the split narratives being separated into Book 3 and Book 4 respectively, because then it felt like most of the action was over in the first half.
(Read alongside the 'But Are There Dragons' podcast.)
Some elements of the book that I preferred over the film were the depiction of Faramir, who was a lot nicer from the beginning and had more depth to his character, and the extra scenes with Treebeard and the Ents. Also the moment with Gollum in the small cave leading to Cirith Ungol when Sam and Frodo were sleeping.
However I was surprised to see that things like Helm's Deep came and went in a single chapter, and didn't feel quite as epic as the film, and the last half of the book being mainly the same three characters the entire time meant that it started to drag on a little bit for me in certain chapters.
My biggest surprise from this is that
Ultimately, I enjoyed this book greatly, but there were a few moments where I found myself looking ahead to see how long was left in a chapter, and I wasn't really a fan of the split narratives being separated into Book 3 and Book 4 respectively, because then it felt like most of the action was over in the first half.
(Read alongside the 'But Are There Dragons' podcast.)