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4.46 AVERAGE
4.46 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
The books that started it all - wonderful depth and character colour, amazing detail, and a cool look at what makes a hero.
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
tense
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:
Yes
Slow paced, great discription of every single detail if you got the patience.
But it is also a story about how even the smallest person can cast a very large shadow.
How the largest can be turned small.
How hope and fellowship can work towards evil's end.
Smeagol, Gandalf, Frodo and Sam 10/10 charcters.
Poems 10/10.
Lore 10/10.
Pacing 3/10.
Overall?
10/10 still.
But it is also a story about how even the smallest person can cast a very large shadow.
How the largest can be turned small.
How hope and fellowship can work towards evil's end.
Smeagol, Gandalf, Frodo and Sam 10/10 charcters.
Poems 10/10.
Lore 10/10.
Pacing 3/10.
Overall?
10/10 still.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
"All we have to do is to decide what to with the time that is given to us."
"Not all who wanders are lost"
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
medium-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:
No
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I read a one-volume edition of this epic trilogy, which at first I didn't like. Later, however, I found out that Tolkien meant the story to be united, but it was split up for publishing purposes. No matter.
This is a work of genius. No one, absolutely no one, I've ever read has evoked a world so thorough, so beautiful, and so complete as Middle Earth. He invented alphabets and languages for these peoples for goodness sake!
The story is delightful, meaningful, and gripping throughout. I'd say The Two Towers is the most laborious and Return of the King is the best. The carryovers from Middle Earth into our world are many and resonant, but Tolkien's world exists so powerfully in the imagination that it never reads like an allegory (he hated allegories).
One of my favorite books. I'll read it again and again.
This is a work of genius. No one, absolutely no one, I've ever read has evoked a world so thorough, so beautiful, and so complete as Middle Earth. He invented alphabets and languages for these peoples for goodness sake!
The story is delightful, meaningful, and gripping throughout. I'd say The Two Towers is the most laborious and Return of the King is the best. The carryovers from Middle Earth into our world are many and resonant, but Tolkien's world exists so powerfully in the imagination that it never reads like an allegory (he hated allegories).
One of my favorite books. I'll read it again and again.
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
medium-paced