Reviews - Władca Pierścieni

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Władca Pierścieni

J.R.R. Tolkien

4.46 AVERAGE

bucephala's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jimsreadingandstuff's review against another edition

4.0

This was the book that spawned a thousand fantasy books. Richly imagined world, fascinating characters and poetic writing.

mikavon's review against another edition

3.0

I read a lot of fantasy, so I figured I should read LotR at some point... it's practically where the genre began, after all.
Honestly, the movies were surprisingly accurate to the books. Some big things, like that super random Tom Bombadill dude in the beginning, and the whole Scouring of the Shire at the end (...which still feels weirdly "extra", like the author was reluctant to let his story end). Oh, and the movies had a lot less singing. SERIOUSLY, this book has way too much singing. No one breaks into song that often. It was incredibly annoying.
But, yeah. I've seen the movies more times than I realized because every scene played out in my head as the movie scene. It really was practically one-to-one. I'm not sure I really needed to read the books, to be honest, they didn't really add anything to the story...I still dislike Frodo, I still love the dynamic between Legolas and Gimli. Sam stood out more in the books, I think... Honestly, a better ending would have been if Frodo had died from the spider and Sam had to go on in his place and be the hero no one expected him to be. But, nope...

Anyway. I'm not a huge fan of LotR, and these books didn't really change that, but I'm glad I read them I guess.
Though, I can't tell how this story is split into 3 books, the audiobook was pretty seamless, I can't imagine where the breaks would be...

lucy_sage's review against another edition

5.0

I wish I could start all over again, but I am also so glad that I got to the end of this wonderful journey.

I will miss them all sorely.

castleh's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

arnsmitty's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I finally got around to revisiting Middle Earth after over 15 years since my first (and only) read through.

Not only did it live up to all of my nostalgia-heightened expectations and memories from when I was a wee lad whose reading experience at the time only consisted of The Magic Tree House, Harry Potter, Narnia, and David Eddings' Belgariad - it exceeded them and reaffirmed to me why Tolkien is the father of fantasy.

His ability to instill in the reader a sense of wonder, awe, love, and hope serves as the inspiring foundation for what I've come to love about fantasy.