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hjb_128's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Alcohol
ethuiliel's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, and Grief
Minor: Animal death, Body horror, and Abandonment
annapox's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Moderate: Death, Gore, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, and War
Minor: Animal death, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
mxpringle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail
hdoomk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Death, War, and Injury/Injury detail
miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
gbeene's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Death, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Gore
bearystarry's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Misogyny and Racism
woweewhoa's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Violence and War
Moderate: Slavery, Xenophobia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
fox_at_the_circus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Just as the first book, this story and its themes is still so current and so many quotes from the book hit home for me.
I was surprised to see, that the book, unlike the movie, is split in two parts, with the first following Merry and Pippin and the trio of hunters and the second part telling Frodo's and Sam's story. At first I was a bit sceptic, if I wouldn't get a bit bored of just following Frodo and Sam for 200ish pages, but I think, I actually prefer it this way. In the book the relationship between Frodo and Sam and the love between them is so much more clear and more explored. I also really enjoyed Gollum as a character, who is really quite funny in some scenes.
In general, with this book even more than part 1, you spend so much more time with the characters than the movies do and can, and I just loved reading the small scenes between the different memebrs of the fellowship, but also seeing other characters like Faramir more fleshed out.
Graphic: Death, War, and Injury/Injury detail