Reviews

The Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

samski's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

4.5

shysmiler91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

ibisette's review against another edition

5.0

Eindelijk de boeken gelezen

the_reader_mommy's review against another edition

5.0

I have no idea why I didn't write a review for LotR. I had written it in my diary but forgot (?) to put it here. How stupid.

Anyway.....to the review...

What on (Middle) Earth was I thinking, not reading LotR for so long?
"One Ring To Rule Them All!

So Sauron made this Ring for ruling and now he has lost it. He needs to get it back so he just looks around (he has better eyesight than a mom who can see her toddler doing mischief from the back of her head, FYI). So, Frodo is "The Chosen One" entrusted with destroying the Ring but he decides to put it on Sauron instead (Twoo Wuv, JK).

Thus begins an epic journey that collects epic people (Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Boromir(?)) and creatures (Gollum) along the way. And then there are the Nazgul.

There is hardly anything new I can tell about this book. It is revered by its fans and now I am starting to understand the hype. It is nothing short of an epic saga. And of such imagination!

So, I will do this instead:

Most favourite character: ARAGORNNNNNN!!!! And SAMWISEEEEEEE!!! And GANDALFFFFF!!! And GOLLUMMMMM!!! And MERRY and PIPPIN!!! And LEGOLASSSSS!!! And GIMLI!!!! (Okay, throw everyone in except Frodo)

Least favourite character: Sauron, closely followed by Saruman

Most favorite dialogue: "My Precioussss"

Character I already loved: Aragorn

Character I rooted for: Sam and Gollum

Character who might have terrified Ron: Shelob

Character who would give Dumbledore a run for his money: Gandalf and Saruman both

Character from whom Voldemort could take some lessons: Sauron and the Nazgul (they are terrible)

Well, that's all folks. Off to add other Tolkien books to the TBR.

And yes, the movies are excellent and as good as the books!

mwalters19's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

jessyhayward's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

rebbek's review against another edition

3.0

Är ett stort fan av Sagan om ringen och även om boken är väldigt språkligt intressant och bra, så blir den tyvärr för detaljerad stundtals. Det tog för lång tid mellan att det hände lite saker och det blev väldigt segt emellanåt. Annars bra. Ser fram emot de andra delarna.

thenearestdream's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

softnspiky's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

baimeeker's review against another edition

3.0

I finally finished reading Lord of the Rings. I don't think I could have read the books without first watching the movies, which explains why I never finished reading this in high school. The internet was necessary to understand the conversations in the book, not to mention an annotated map I found online. How did anyone read this book before Tolkein published the appendices and without the Similarion?