A review by dorynickel
The Treason of Isengard: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Two by J.R.R. Tolkien

1.0

Compared to The Return of the Shadow, this book just doesn't measure up. Much less fun trivia, more first draft paragraphs. Also, it frequently refers directly to the text of The Two Towers, as if it expects the reader to have he Two Towers available for reference at all times. This book was still interesting in showing how close Tolkien's prose is in his rough drafts to the final form, and in how uniquely he develops plot. Also, as someone who enjoyed reading LOTR more than the Silmarillion, it's bizarre that I now found myself wishing for the planned out complexity of the First Age storylines. You can tell Tolkien's passion was really in those stories.