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4.46 AVERAGE
4.46 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
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
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
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:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
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:
No
A great story and a fabulous-- essential classic for fantasy. But I found the dry and laborious writing hard to get through. I would still recommend it to anyone.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Grade: S
I went in expecting greatness and was not disappointed in the slightest. Tolkien is just some next level shit. I always thought that his works would be extremely dense and old timey, but I was surprised by the ease at which I read this book. Tolkien has this amazing story telling ability that you just have to see for yourself. The whole experience of reading this, and the feelings it evoked, was wild.
I was surprised by how little extra plot I felt I got from reading compared to watching the movies. There’s definitely bits and pieces cut from the films, but the books don’t provide an entirely different experience (compared to something like Harry Potter). However that’s really not a diss on the books as much as it’s a credit to the films. Both are awesome. The LOTR story is awesome and the world built to tell it is a phenomenal example of what makes fantasy great.
I went in expecting greatness and was not disappointed in the slightest. Tolkien is just some next level shit. I always thought that his works would be extremely dense and old timey, but I was surprised by the ease at which I read this book. Tolkien has this amazing story telling ability that you just have to see for yourself. The whole experience of reading this, and the feelings it evoked, was wild.
I was surprised by how little extra plot I felt I got from reading compared to watching the movies. There’s definitely bits and pieces cut from the films, but the books don’t provide an entirely different experience (compared to something like Harry Potter). However that’s really not a diss on the books as much as it’s a credit to the films. Both are awesome. The LOTR story is awesome and the world built to tell it is a phenomenal example of what makes fantasy great.
Reading Tolkien's biography (Tolkien and The Great War) alongside this book made it a much more fascinating read for me as it forced me to consider the cultural contexts that Tolkien's mythology was born out of. I'd recommend reading the pair together.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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:
Yes