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gvstyris'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? Yes
4.0
And that is another reason why the Ring should be destroyed: as long as it is in the world it will be a danger even to the Wise. For nothing is evil in the beginning. Even Sauron was not so.
I was surprised by how nostalgic I felt reading this first LOTR volume, which I’ve never read before — the ‘epic’ sense of adventure reminded me a little of reading Percy Jackson and Harry Potter as a child.
I’m rooting for Aragorn and Sam, always <3 (but can’t believe Arwen is so much less present here than the films!)
But yeah, if we’re being honest, there’s a lot of slightly dull walking around various parts of the wilderness that require patience to get through.
Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Violence
Moderate: Xenophobia and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death
noellegrace8's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Rob Inglis, the narrator, also gets 5/5.
Moderate: War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Violence, and Grief
Minor: Racism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Torture, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship
As this is fantasy, some of these mild warnings are metaphorical rather than literal. For example, I included "racism" in the mild section because the different races of Middle Earth, particularly elves and dwarves, have preconceived biases toward one another that lead to animosity and contention.aceofsphades_reads'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
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Death, and Grief
Moderate: War, Animal death, and Xenophobia
Minor: Alcohol, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
1jessicabearx'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? Yes
4.5
The friendship between the fellowship is so heartwarming, especially Sam. Honestly Frodo doesn't deserve Sam as a friend, I'm really not a fan of Frodo as a character. I was waiting the whole first part for the introduction of Strider...was not disappointed. Definitely my favourite character by far - not just because he's fuckable ok, promise. There were so many parts of this book that just made me so happy.
This is a long story and very lengthy book for sure and not sure how I felt about there being no clear ending as the trilogy follows on through each book.
This is a real story. This is what all good stories and books now were shaped by.
Moderate: Violence
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? It's complicated
4.75
Moderate: Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
Minor: Death of parent, Stalking, Xenophobia, and Alcohol
puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Racism
michaelmac316's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Alcohol
theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Violence
Minor: Kidnapping, War, Drug use, Death of parent, Blood, Alcohol, Torture, Stalking, Murder, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief
val_theburrowofstories'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? No
3.5
Graphic: Grief, Death, and Violence
Here’s the three main trigger warnings in my opinion, I’ll be explaining a bit of how they appear in the book without much spoiler.
- Violence: They have to fight to escape other creatures.
- Grief / Death: One of the members of the Fellowship dies in the 3/4 of the book and in the rest of the book we see how the others are grieving.
perleerose'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
Appreciated how some characters like Gimli got more development, vs just being a comedic relief character
I will never get over Tolkien’s location descriptions, I wanna emulate them in my own writing
‘The Withywindle valley is said to be the queerest part of the whole world-the center from which all the queerness comes, as it were.’
Moderate: Death and Violence
Minor: Grief and Stalking
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