A review by mitskacir
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

4.0

My favorite parts of LotR are the hobbit parts, particularly the happy hobbit parts... so I'm unfortunately slightly disappointed by anything other than the first few chapters of the Fellowship haha. And therefore I find the first half of this book quite the slog, except the few Merry/Pippin interludes and I don't get really into it until we join up with Sam and Frodo again (and Gollum!). But Sam and Gollum have some truly marvelous petty antagonistic banter (who doesn't love the rabbit stew scene?) and Sam's loving loyalty to Frodo really begins to emerge (so many tender moments!). Unfortunately, this is the book where JRRT's racism really comes fully into the light, so there's that too.