Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

25 reviews

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

Andy Serkis as the narrator makes this book bearable for me. Tolkien is the master of "tell, don't show". I love the story of Lord of the Rings so much, yet this book was a slog. I actually really enjoyed the first book in comparison because it felt like more happened in it. Or maybe the things that happened in the first book were just more interesting. If I didn't already know how this series ended, I would abandon it after reading The Two Towers. The filmmakers should be praised beyond measure for taking this book and turning it into such an interesting movie.

2.5 stars mostly because the writing is so unengaging. Plus, it's racist and sexist, as can be expected of its time. The rating would have been lower if not for Andy Serkis, he's that good of a narrator.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, and War

Moderate: Stalking, Kidnapping, Confinement, Grief, and Death

Minor: Cannibalism and Sexism

Starvation, giant spiders, paralysis, falling

parenthesis_enjoyer's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Xenophobia, Grief, Animal death, and Death

Minor: Torture and Alcohol

lorriss's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: War, Gore, Murder, Bullying, and Blood

Minor: Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Alcohol, and Slavery

parenthesis_enjoyer's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Xenophobia, and Death

Minor: Alcohol and Torture

achingallover's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

3.5

there's a definite dip in the middle of this one, and the racism/classism is more overt, but... faramir <3 <3 <3 treebeard!!! and sam's decision and internal monologue in andy serkis' voice is a++

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Violence

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, War, Blood, and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Racism, Antisemitism, and Torture

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Violence, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Xenophobia

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense slow-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

The books just get better the more I read them. I was nervous to read this one because of Shelob and I’m an arachnophobe, but it was much better than aragog in Harry Potter. However, I don’t think her scene was really important beyond including peril. 

I love Sam and Frodo and how their relationship continues to develop as well as Legolas and Gimli. Mary and Pippin have a bigger role in this book and they do a fabulous job. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Stalking, War, and Violence

Arachnid

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Death, Grief, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Gore

ran_sophia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Confinement, Animal cruelty, War, Stalking, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Grief