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The fellowship of the ring is the first instalment in J.R.R. I very recently have seen the 3 movies.Then I started reading the books.The book had words that I couldn't pronounce. Tolkien's THe Lord of the Rings (technically it is the second, it takes place after The Hobbit). I liked the book very much. there was stuff like tumbalemorna.Seriously. The book was alittle on the long side so only read it if you wil stick with it.It is boring in the beginning but gets awsome action.You guys should read the book it is a great read.-Alex
I haven't given up on the entrire series but it'll be awhile before I feel the itch to read Two Towers. However, his writing style is so verbose that by the time he explains whose talking to whom you can't remeber what's being talked about.
I read The Hobbitt about 20 years ago and remember really rnjoying it. As a self-professed nerd I wanted tot love this.
Tolkien certainly has created one of the most amazingly thorough fantasy world. I expected more of the same here as I finally got around to Lord Of The Rings.
What I got however was sadly a little boring, very tedious, and wordy to the point of confusion. The actual novel could've been a quarter of the size and probably more enjoyable.
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(I've read it about ten times). I heartily recommend it to everyone and anyone, especially if you like "The Hobbit."But here are my criticisms, though take them with a grain of salt, because again, I find "The Fellowship" excellent overall.1) Too many poems and songs. "The Fellowship" goes about ten times slower, poring over detail, which, once I got used to it, became rather interesting and at times welcomed. Tolkien gets a little poem-and-song happy for my taste.2) The whole scene with Tom Bombadil is pointless and boring--and too grandiose for my taste. But this time I persevered, and did not regret it.The culture shock: totally different pace. "The Hobbit" flies along, wastes no time, goes into less detail, and covers huge distances of time and geography in a few pages. I came to "The Fellowship of the Ring" straight after reading "The Hobbit," which is one of my favorite books of all times. AAH, I started skipping them after about page fifty, with NO regrets at all.
To give one of many possible examples, Strider's whole mission is to save the wandering hobbits, and yet he moronically lets them walk right into a dangerous tavern, whereas he could have introduced himself to them while he was spying on them earlier (when they were with Tom Bombadil, who knew Strider)., and prevented a near calamity.4) I felt it inconsistent that the Ringwraiths were on one hand so TOTALLY powerful and yet on the other hand so foolish and stupid. Boring. Didn't add up.But all that said, J.R.R., you ROCK. It's a true adventure story, spirited, passionate, deep, and for me inspiring. Although "The Fellowship" picks up, in a sense, where "The Hobbit" left off, the two books are quite different, and the difference for me was a bit of a culture shock--enough in the past to prompt me to quit reading about after fifty pages. Worth skipping over entirely, because not only does it detour from the tale, but actually detracts from it.
(I admit, though, at times I did some skimming, especially when I sensed that Tolkien was revving himself up to create his own Hobbitish version of Norse mythology).That said, the book, overall, is excellent (so much so that I'm presently three-fourths of the way through "The Two Towers"). (I'm soon embarking on a major life adventure, and have found myself surprised to find comfort from Tolkien). Why did Tolkien put that in.3) Tolkien makes some silly and/or inconsistent plot decisions from the get-go.
Overall the book is very good, filled with everything you would expect from a fantasy novel, because in essence Tolkein created the Fantasy novel. However, it took me almost 2 years to finish it. I realize that I will be ridiculed for giving this book such a low rating. You have plenty of running and fighting and philosophy. Not having been a Tolkein aficionado, it was difficult at times to realize who was who in the narrative. After seeing the film by Peter Jackson, I was able to visualize, with greater ease, the cast of characters. If you have only seen the film, and enjoyed it, you should read this book to fill in the cracks, it makes everything make more sense. T
A simply wonderful book. My favorite in the series as each of the friends it now joined together through the Fellowship. A good book for young people to learn moral, ethical and loyalty values. Highly recommended.
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