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Summary: "Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction"
Review: This book, along with the other two, are positively stunning, the detail in this book can go a little overboard, but it still deplicts a stunning masterpiece!Here is an exerpt of the detailed text. "Ahead and eastward they saw the windy uplands of the Wold of Rohan, that they had already glimpsed many days ago from the Great River. North-westward stalked the dark forest of Fangorn; still ten leagues away stood it's shadowy eaves, and it's further slopes faded into the distant blue. Beyond there glimmered far away, as if floating on a grey cloud, the white head of tall Methadras, the last peak of the Misty Mountains. Out of the forest the entwash flowed to meet them, it's stream now swift and narrow, and it's banks deep-cloven." A very detailed book but still absolutely stunning!!!
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Summary: All should bow to the God of fantasy literature
Review: This is the second course of the greatest trilogy in fantasy literature. Tolkien writes with a fervor that puts all modern sci/fi fantasy writers to shame. Jordan and Brooks need to go home stop writing and read a little more Tolkien
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Summary: This is part of the ultimate fantasy trilogy.
Review: Few books have ever been so well loved or so often copied as this trilogy. There is none better. What else can be said?Read the complete series and you too will echo that famous complaint of Tolkien lovers, "It's just too short."
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Summary: I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!
Review: This book depicts the breaking of the fellowship. Tolkien beautifully describes all the aspects of Middle Earth. Like his other novels, this book shows Tolkien's GENIUS at work.
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Summary: Great book. Don't miss it
Review: The Two Towers tells two stories. First, it tells of the defeat of Saruman. This is Pippin and Merry's part of the story. With some help from Ents (walking & talking trees), Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Eomer, Theoden and the newly resurrected Gandalf, the power of the traitor wizard Saruman is broken. In the second half of the novel, Frodo and Sam are lead to Mordor by Gollum. But Gollum, try as he might, cannot overcome the corruption of the ring; and his obsession to repossess it leads to betrayal. Wonderfully poetic, fun at some places, sad and dark in others, this is a novel not to be missed. If you don't have a copy, get one and read it. If you have read it, read it again. It never gets old. It gets better with age.
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Summary: read it
Review: This is number two in an epic that has to be read. Tolkien is one of the best fantasy writers ever
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Summary: The Two Towers- The Ultimate book.
Review: This book is just fabulous! It is painful to put it down! It is a surpreme, one of the best ever written. Go Tolkien
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Summary: The Lord of the Rings;Return of the King
Review: This is the second book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. This book continues the journey of the fellowship. Their task is to destroy the ring of power. Unfortunately, the fellowship is broken up. The hobbits, Frodo and Sam, continue on towards Mount Doom. The rest of the group race to save Merry and Pippin, who have been captured by Sauruman's troops.
This book races through events and follows the two groups as the story unfolds. Where will the fellowship find help? Can Gollum be trusted? We are introduced to the people of Rowhan, Gondor and the wonderful Ents. We witness the first great battles of the war (at Isengard and Helm's Deep). We can feel the tension increase as the hobbits get closer to their goal. However, the closer they get, the harder and harder the road becomes. It is similar to a wave cresting right before crashing into the rocks.
This book continues the wonderous tale of the ring. Tolkien's life long work on Middle Earth comes to fruition in these books. Tolkien's focus on the details that back up the story and myths of Middle Earth reaps tremendous rewards to the reader. It is a great read!
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Summary: Lord of the Rings; The Two Towers
Review: I loved the Two Towers. It was very interesting and better than the movie any day! I loved the detail of Fangorn and Quickbeam. They were the best because they faught off all the orcs in Isengard. I would want to try Ent-wash, it sounds cool! This was one of the best books I have ever read and I would recommend it to everyone!
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Summary: One book to rule them all...
Review: "The Two Towers" is the second half of J. R. R. Tolkien's epic "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and begins right where the previous book left off: the Fellowship has been sundered, with the death of Boromir, the escape of Frodo and Sam, the capture of Merry and Pippen, and the chase that ensues on the part of Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli. Like the other two installments in the series "The Two Towers" is split into two books, in this case it is Book Three and Book Four.
Book Three alternates between the journey of Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli in their cross country race across forest and plain in order to rescue Merry and Pippen. Their pursuit takes them into Rohan, the province of King Theoden and his people, known as the Horse-Lords due to their skill and affinity with horses.
Meanwhile Merry and Pippen are held captive by the terrible orcs as they race their way back to their master, the White Wizard Saruman, who has betrayed his calling and given in to his desire for the Ring. Now he wages war on Rohan, filling the court with his spies, and sends his orcs out on a mission to find the Ring before the Dark Lord himself does.
The two stories conjoin when Merry and Pippen are able to escape into Fangorn Forest, where they fall into the company of Treebeard - a mighty Ent, a tree-like guardian of the forestlands who is not happy with Saruman's treatment of his land. Likewise, the three hunters also find their way into the forest, only to meet someone that they thought was lost to them...
In Book Four we join up again with Frodo and Sam, who are making their lonely way toward the land of Mordor and the volcanic Mount Doom in order to destroy the Ruling One Ring. There the secretive figure that has been trailing them since Moria finally shows itself: it is the twisted creature Gollum, once a hobbit, who fell to the power of the Ring and nursed it for many years. Now Frodo employs him as their guide - despite the mistrust of Sam - to take them into the dangerous lands ahead.
But they too have their fair share of danger: as always the agents of the Dark Lord are abroad, and even the "good guys" can pose a threat, considering the constant lure of the Ring - enter Faramir, Boromir's own brother, who takes the hobbits into his custody.
"The Two Towers" suffers like many 'middle' books do - it inevitably does not start anything, and it does not finish anything. But one must keep in mind that Tolkien hated the idea of his work being separated into three separate volumes; he intended them to be published in a single book. The publishers however had other plans, and since then we have been subject to authors who think their books are not proper books unless they are split into multiple volumes.
But "The Two Towers" continues to expand and enlarge Tolkien's most wonderful creation - Middle-Earth itself. We are introduced to the dank and mysterious depths of Fangorn Forest and the plainlands of Rohan, based on the Nordic and Scandinavian culture that Tolkien was fascinated with. Just exploring these beautiful places is reason enough to read "The Two Towers".
With the release of Peter Jackson's adaptation of the three books, it is always interesting to compare and contrast the two. Often the movies fall short in certain ways - often by reducing the nobility and goodness of several supporting characters, such as Faramir, Theoden and Treebeard, who need more pushing from the likes of Aragorn, Frodo and Gandalf to do the right thing rather than reach their own decisions. However, other times Jackson takes the opportunity to divulge further into little subplots and details that Tolkien only briefly touches on - the prime example being the relationship between Eowyn and Wormtongue. In Tolkien's words Wormtongue's lust is only briefly mentioned; but Jackson devotes a fascinating little sequence to it, with Wormtongue attempting to weaken Eowyn to his will.
Either way, the movie is as must-see as the book is must-read, though if you have only seen the movie and decide that it's not worth reading the book, I strongly suggest otherwise. Although Jackson creates a near-perfect visual duplicate of Middle-Earth, the book contains details and information that the movie must skim over, or neglect completely. If you want to know where Shadowfax came from, or where Gandalf went after defeating the Balrog, or Shelob's origins, then you'll have to consult the book.
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