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A review by frasersimons
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
5.0
Interestingly (to me), the changes the movie made, as well as the very large difference in tone at certain points in the story, make this book more compelling than I expected. When I was a teen I could not stand to get past the farmers fields; something that took 3 hours in the audiobook. However, being read to made this tale much more interesting to me despite the fact that after 3 hours I would have far outpaced the audiobook and got to the journey proper.
What I liked a lot is the embedding of wanderlust. This is what appeals to me about fantasy but is rarely characterized in simple wonder. Usually it’s danger this or danger that, even when navigating the lands or discovering new artifacts. The boyhood discovery/ wonderlust angle stemming from the hobbits coming from the shire made it incredibly endearing and propelled me until the journey proper. The differences from the story I know and this book itself are enough that I find myself wondering what will happen next still.
Audiobook seems to be the format that I needed to get into these books. The narrator is very good and, mercifully, a good singer (there are a LOT). He’s a slow reader so I kept much of it at 1.5x, which is usually too fast for others but rarely noticeable with this fellow. It also cut the 19 hours to 12. :)
What I liked a lot is the embedding of wanderlust. This is what appeals to me about fantasy but is rarely characterized in simple wonder. Usually it’s danger this or danger that, even when navigating the lands or discovering new artifacts. The boyhood discovery/ wonderlust angle stemming from the hobbits coming from the shire made it incredibly endearing and propelled me until the journey proper. The differences from the story I know and this book itself are enough that I find myself wondering what will happen next still.
Audiobook seems to be the format that I needed to get into these books. The narrator is very good and, mercifully, a good singer (there are a LOT). He’s a slow reader so I kept much of it at 1.5x, which is usually too fast for others but rarely noticeable with this fellow. It also cut the 19 hours to 12. :)