Reviews

Sagan om de två tornen by J.R.R. Tolkien

kasperrr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny tense slow-paced

4.25

clarice_flora's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.75

Another wonderful read, but the move away from elvish beauty is what marks it down a bit for me 

inirac's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Animal death

yars_reading_corner's review against another edition

5.0

There’s literally so much nostalgia and grief involved, only Tolkein could write such high fantasy and have the reader experience the story like the characters without depending by any means on romance/inappropriate language or unnecessary portrayal of human affection. All of which are deal breakers to me.

The plot truly develops here and the connections start to appear, the depth and essence of LOTR lies in this part of the series and we see multiple perspectives of the characters, lots of changes in the sceneries.

Several flashbacks are mentioned to Tolkein’s chronogically older work ‘The Silmarilion’ and his posthumous publicated collection under the name of ‘Unfinished Tales’ that was edited by his son, Christopher, giving more insight to the characters or the forebearers of the characters and the history of Middle Earth.

river_pebbles's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

kubaca's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

almabritta's review against another edition

3.0

Kanske en unpopular opinion, men jag gillar första boken mer än den här!

siglerbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

This is my first time reading Two Towers and I can't believe I waited this long. This has to be one of my favorite classics. I've always loved the movies and couldn't imagine the story being better, yet as always, the book was even more amazing.

I love the bits that are the same as the movies. The nostalgia factor made me smile every time. I can't believe how much more fleshedol out the characters are! Villains and heroes alike.

My favorite character has to be Faramir.

I truly enjoyed that the first part of the book focused on Gimli, Legolas, and Aragorn, and the second part focused on Frodo and Sam. It was much easier to follow than the back and forth. 

I can't wait to see how the story ends in Return of the King.

annieg4444's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

awesomelyme's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25