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The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

23 reviews

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

esaunders98's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

It's hard to review Lord of the Rings, its impact on fantasy makes it more of a biblical text than a fantasy novel. We owe almost everything we have in contemporary fantasy to the Lord of the Rings. Aside from that, its still a beautiful read, and a joy. Every member of the fellowship has their own individual character traits/flaws/personalities/longings and it's a real pleasure to follow them. (Also as someone from the south of England its really special to see a lot of my surroundings and culture highlighted in The Shire. There's nothing to me quite like the British countryside, and I'd also journey to Mordor to protect it) 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and War

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death and Blood

dewugging's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, and Death

Minor: Alcohol

dragonaion's review

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Don't read this book if you're expecting it to be just like the movie. There are some differences between the two, which is to be expected, but by reading this book I gained greater respect and appreciation for Jackson's movie interpretation.
The story is a bit hard to read than most books, the verbiage is not common, and some of the descriptions can be a little lofty, but it is all worth it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Death, Animal cruelty, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

mnatale100's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Mental illness, and Xenophobia

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Alcohol

heather667's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Alcohol, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Genocide, Death of parent, Slavery, War, and Colonisation

squinnittowinit's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.5

Andy Serkis is a great narrator, he strikes a good balance between dramatic and conversational, making the audiobook a more compelling read than just the text alone.

In my opinion, this is the way these books were meant to be experienced: read aloud in dramatic fashion, just as Bilbo did at his birthday party in the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Racism, and War

Moderate: Fatphobia, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty and Ableism

fox_at_the_circus's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful slow-paced

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

4.0

I am a big fan of the movies and rewatch them almost yearly, so I felt it was time to finally read the books. Obviously, I already knew I like the stories and characters, but it was really interesting to now meet the full story.
And it really is beautifully written prose, too, and way funnier than I expected.  Also the themes of not losing hope and friendship stand out even much clearer.
I was disappointed to realise, that Arwen being a badass good girl and saving Frodo from the ringwraiths is a movie only thing, though..

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Death, and Injury/Injury detail