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4.46 AVERAGE
4.46 AVERAGE
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
A staple fantasy series that should be in everyone's collection.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
Me ha resultado una lectura pesada, con demasiadas descripciones y referencias constantes a la historia de la edad media que me han dificultado implicarme con la trama del anillo. Por otra parte, me fue fácil cogerle cariño a los personajes principales, sobretodo a los hobbits y a Gandalf. Sin ellos no sé si podría haber acabado de leerlo.
Aún con toda la fama que tienen no me ha producido grandes emociones, es una aventura con una meta concreta, saturada de menciones superficiales a razas distintas a la humana y a la magia. Para mí es comparable a jugar una partida de rol o un videojuego.
Aún con toda la fama que tienen no me ha producido grandes emociones, es una aventura con una meta concreta, saturada de menciones superficiales a razas distintas a la humana y a la magia. Para mí es comparable a jugar una partida de rol o un videojuego.
[Reread 14/01/24] “Well, I’m back.”
This is my favourite novel, and it has been for the last fifteen years. I love it deeply and there is likely nothing I can say that someone else hasn’t already said more intelligently and articulately.
That being said, I would urge anyone who has finished this book and hasn’t read Tolkien’s poem ‘The Sea Bell’ to give that a read too. It has the subtitle ‘Frodo’s Dreme’, which does the job of explaining exactly why you should; Frodo is so distant by the end of this book that getting this small glimpse into his headspace is so deeply sad. This novel is deeply sad!
There is a sense of grief at the core of this story that is never fully captured in any of its adaptations. But simultaneously, it’s so bittersweet that I have lump in my throat and an ache in my chest by the time I turn the last page. Whole and hollow at the same time. Contradictory, maybe, but to me, it’s never been a story so much about good vs evil as it is about hope and despair, intermingled.
So less a review and more of an observation I suppose. Again, read The Sea Bell. I love this book.
This is my favourite novel, and it has been for the last fifteen years. I love it deeply and there is likely nothing I can say that someone else hasn’t already said more intelligently and articulately.
That being said, I would urge anyone who has finished this book and hasn’t read Tolkien’s poem ‘The Sea Bell’ to give that a read too. It has the subtitle ‘Frodo’s Dreme’, which does the job of explaining exactly why you should; Frodo is so distant by the end of this book that getting this small glimpse into his headspace is so deeply sad. This novel is deeply sad!
There is a sense of grief at the core of this story that is never fully captured in any of its adaptations. But simultaneously, it’s so bittersweet that I have lump in my throat and an ache in my chest by the time I turn the last page. Whole and hollow at the same time. Contradictory, maybe, but to me, it’s never been a story so much about good vs evil as it is about hope and despair, intermingled.
So less a review and more of an observation I suppose. Again, read The Sea Bell. I love this book.
This journey.. this book, this story… This Reading Experience.
Larger than life.
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adventurous
emotional
hopeful
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
I'm glad to have read this. A sometimes exciting and sometimes downright boring journey, there is no inbetween.
"Return" had some fantastic moments but again the fact that the story is split is such a detriment. I loved everything Minas Tirith, Pippin and Denethor but once the story actually ended, it was a total slog, near Rivendell Council boring. Perhaps this is because I only care about Gandalf, Smeagol and Sam that. The rest I really do not care about at all. Or Perhaps because I love the movies so much is why I didn't enjoy the book as much.
However I must say that I very much admire Tolkien's ability to create lore and if these stories, histories and appendices were in WoT or RotE I would gobble it up.
Rankings:
1. I: The Ring Sets Out 4.5/5
2. IV: The Ring Goes East 4/5
3. V: The War of the Ring 3.5/5
4. III: The Treason of Isengard 3/5
5. VI: The End of the Third Age - 2.5/5
6. II: The Ring Goes South - 1/5
"Return" had some fantastic moments but again the fact that the story is split is such a detriment. I loved everything Minas Tirith, Pippin and Denethor but once the story actually ended, it was a total slog, near Rivendell Council boring. Perhaps this is because I only care about Gandalf, Smeagol and Sam that. The rest I really do not care about at all. Or Perhaps because I love the movies so much is why I didn't enjoy the book as much.
However I must say that I very much admire Tolkien's ability to create lore and if these stories, histories and appendices were in WoT or RotE I would gobble it up.
Rankings:
1. I: The Ring Sets Out 4.5/5
2. IV: The Ring Goes East 4/5
3. V: The War of the Ring 3.5/5
4. III: The Treason of Isengard 3/5
5. VI: The End of the Third Age - 2.5/5
6. II: The Ring Goes South - 1/5
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No