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The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One by J.R.R. Tolkien

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claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful medium-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

5.0

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chattie_the_mad_chatter's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-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

5.0

A story of friendship and bravery. I loved this re-read seeing the relationship and loyalty between the characters. Such a rich and many layers world of folklore and song has been created, it was a joy to exist in it. Moments of humour mixed with moments of tension, but what shines through is the love of tales and telling stories and the appreciation of a take well told and a song well sung.

I can't unexpectedly teary at a couple of moments, one when despite really nit wanting g to Frodo accepts the Ring, then his delight when people get love ask to accompany him. The other when Sam goes after Frodo when Ftido decides it is safer for all if he goes to Mohnt doom alone. His heartfelt speech was beautiful.

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ryraeriv's review against another edition

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adventurous funny 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

4.0

A fantasy book with a well-developed world that takes a slow, meandering path through incredibly lush description and an ever-increasing sense of urgency. If you really like reading about trees and people traveling through different landscapes without huge segments of action or dialogue this book is for you.

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ran_sophia's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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dlrosebyh's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

2.75

well, controversially, i enjoyed this more than the hobbit.

tolkien is called "the father of fantasy" but i wouldn't say this is one of the best fantasy books out there, it was just fine. the plot was good, however the execution was disappointing. tolkien's writing was dull for me, especially in the first part. as i read through the book, no doubts, i was getting more intrigue with the storyline. there are also no doubts that tolkien's writing style grew more to me. personally, i prefer the second part more. i thought it had a better execution than the first part.

regardless, i guess you could say that i enjoyed the book despite on how slow it is.

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kyxshi's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

It took me ages to finish the last 4 chapters for some reason! But that’s more due to my brain being unable to focus on anything than anything. The book is wonderful!

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journeythroughthechapters's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

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Where to start... This was boring. The first half of this book was so slow, so dragged out it was really hard to get into. At the start I like that it was told in a fairytale like way but I got over it very quickly.

I love Gandalf in the films but in the books he was a bit obnoxious which I didn't love.

The plot line also followed the same pattern which got old very fast. So yeah not much nice things to say about this.

The world was very descriptive and expansive which is good but the descriptions by the end got old.

So yeah overall average read. But I'm glad I read it because I can see where some current day fantasies got inspiration.

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Violence, Grief

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