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Summary: The best series around
Review: Lord Of The Rings gets my vote for the absolute best series of all time. Tolkien does an excellent job of showing his awesome writing skills in these books. If you have gotten a chance to see the movie, you will know what kind of brilliance Tolkien has. The book, im my opinion, is much better than the movie, because you can put a different faces on each character. There is no much more to the book, rather than the movie. It goes much more in depth than the movie. The Poems and riddles that Tolkien comes up with is amazing. This is a very good book, I would reccomend this book and the series to all ages of readers.
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Summary: Of Good and Evil
Review: The Two Towers is the second book in The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy.
It begins with the death and burial of Boromir and then to the journey of Aragorn , Legolas and Gimli to rescue Pippin and Merry from the Orc captors.When we read about Pippin and Merry's captivity , we for the first time in LOTR , witness the repugnant , cruel and totally without anything redeeming way of being of the Orcs. We also meet the Ents , shepherds of the trees and the tall and fair blonde horse riders - the Rohirrim.Thus we meet Treebeard and once more for a while two of our heroes Pippin and Merry get to spend some time in one of the few havens of Middle Earth ,temporarily safe from the enveloping darkness of the Dark Lord , the Enemy , Sauron and his forces . In this book Gandalf reappears having been miraculously resurrected as Gandalf the White . More powerful than before he breaks the spell of Saruman's emissary Grima Wormtongue over the King of Rohan , Theoden . The epic Battle of Helms Deep takes place while the Ents totally destroy Saruman's evil realm of Isengard before Gandalf himself destroys Saruman's power .
In The Two Towers new characters such as Boromir's brother Faramir , the warrior of Rohan Eomer and his beautiful sister Eowyn appear . Such themes as the Palantir are introduced and the Hobbits meet up with the degenerate Gollum who for a while acts as their guide before predictably betraying them to the giant spiderlike demon Shelob.
more than before through Merry and Pippin , Frodo and Sam we witness the amazing quality of the Hobbits . The novel takes the saga to a dramatic climax in Mordor and the stage is set for the final conflict between Mordor and The West.Aside from the action and events we need to take time to appreciate the beauty and scope of Middle Earth.
LOTR has an important message in that it rejects moral relativism and exhorts us to always choose good over evil , so important when we are faced with the challenges of terrorism and those who would destroy freedom ...
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Summary: No bookshelf is complete without...
Review: This book is incredible. It is equal to, if not better then The Hobbit and/or Fellowship of the Ring. The book, seperated into two independant novels, follows both the journeys of the shattered fellowship, and the excapades of Frodo and Samwise. The two novels that you'll find here can be read seperately, or together, but I found it difficult to lay the book down. Tolkien displays his unequaled genious yet again. I am seriously looking forward to the movie this December.
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Summary: Great Story Telling
Review: This was a wonderful tale that I read after the 2001 Movie. I recommend it! Lots of surprising turns.
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Summary: A Dream Come True
Review: Most young or adult readers dream about having a great book with a little bit of everything. This book has a great mix of suspence,fantasy,action, and adventure. It is divided into two parts, the adventure of Sam and Frodo, and the adventure of the rest of the fellowship of the ring. This book is much better than the first but to read it you have to read the first book. The thing that astonished me the most was how the author developed the characters, making us readers know their personalities as if they really existed. I would recommend this book to any good reader, for his dream of a great book might come true.
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Summary: A Nice Follow Up
Review: The Two Towers is the second book in the Fellowship of the Ring series by J.R.R. Tolkien. It is a follow up to the Lord of the Rings. The novel is very suspenseful at times, while other times it is more relaxing and simply fun to read. Tolkien does a good job of creating a fantasy world with many interesting characters. The novel picks up with Sam and Frodo. Sam and Frodo are two hobbits that are trying to take the evil ring to the one place that it can be destroyed. Along their journey they are given help by an unlikely character. Golem is a monster that owned the ring many years ago. He is following Sam and Frodo because they have the ring and he wants it back. However, when he meets with the hobbits, he helps them when they aer met with troubles in the swamps along their journey. The novels also picks up with Pippen and Mary, two other members in the fellowship of the ring. Mary and Pippen are first captured by the evil Orcs. They are saved though by my favorite characters, the Imps. Imps are large walking trees that stomp almost anything in their way. One of my favorite parts in the book is when the Imps discuss how all trees are alive and have feelings, even though they do not all speak. I think Tolkien was making an important statement about how the environment was being treated when he wrote the book. Another highlight in the novel is when Gandolf returns. he comes back as Gandolf the White, meaning he has more power than he did in the previous novel. The heroes are faced with many evil and very deceitful enemies, but with help, they are able to continue on their journey. Tolkein does a very good job in continuing his series. I feel this book is very good for most teenagers to read and might even be good for some adults. I recommend this novel if you have first read Lord of the Rings.
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Summary: Awesome!
Review: At the conclusion of "The Fellowship of the Ring," you are left in suspense and you are craving what's to come next. "The Two Towers" will get you over your suspense a little, but at the end of this second installment of "The Lord of the Rings," you'll be left in more suspense that you were at the conclusion of "Fellowship." The first half of this book centers on Legolas, Gimli, and Aragorn as they come about a big point in the book that will leave you feeling very happy. Don't worry, I won't tell you what that thing is. The Fellowship still remains split up and some things that you wanted to know at the conclusion of the last book are revealed, as said above. That is as much as I'll tell you for this book because if I tell you anymore the book will be ruined for you. As in "The Fellowship of the Ring," J.R.R. Tolkien gives you luscious descriptions and phenomonal writing. He goes into some matters that were brought forth in the first book with such skill that only Tolkien could pull off. At the end of this book you will feel a craving to pick up "The Return of the King" right away. "The Two Towers" is the second book in "The Lord of the Rings" and the best of the first two volumes. Tolkien brings you into his beautiful world that you won't be able to get enough of. Before delving into this, be sure to read "The Fellowship of the Ring" first so you won't feel like you're reading material that makes no sense to you. I recommend this book to a fantasy fan or somebody that is looking for an adventurous, grand fantasy epic. Be sure to read this novel. Happy Reading!
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Summary: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Review: The Two Towers is the continuation of the first book, "Fellowship of the Ring". There are 7 members left of the Fellowship of the Ring, which was 9 to begin with. They have all been split up by the Orcs. Gimli the Dwarf, Legalos the Elf, and Aragorn, a man are together after a dreadful battle. Two hobbits named Mary and Pippen are captured by the Orcs. And no one knows where the Ring barrier Frodo, and his servant Sam is (both hobbits).
The three men continue to search for the captured hobbits, but the Orcs moved too fast. But soon they met up with Gandalf the White. The wizard they lost while in a battle in the Mines of Moria. The hobbits managed to escape the Orcs, and meet up with Treebeard, half man half tree.
All three seperate groups where doing well on their own, but something terrible happens. Frodo was captured and now they have to save him.
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Summary: Open your eyes, folks.
Review: People have a love affair with Tolkien. People I admire and respect, not just bozos either, people who know good books and good writing and who say Tolkien works are the be-all and end-all of fantasy. Open your eyes. That might have been true when his works were first published. Tolkien deserves all the credit for putting fantasy on the map, for legitimizing the epic quest subgenre. But today, his books fall short when compared to contemporary works in the field. I think the reason for all the love is that people read The Lord of the Rings when they were young, and therefore look back at Tolkien with longing and nostalgia of better days. I read The Fellowship of the Ring when I was twenty-three, and The Two Towers when I was twenty-five, after having received a BA in English and beginning an MFA in Creative Writing. I can't, in good concious, say that any of his works match up with the powerful stories of George R. R. Marting and Terry Goodkind. Let's look at this book specifically. The one thing I liked were the Ents. Aside from that, the structure of the book is all whacked. The first half is spent entirely with Aragorn and his crew. Frodo doesn't even make it on stage until close to the last third of the book. Is this considered good, when your main character is not even present for the majority of the book? The effect of Tolkiens structure is disorienting. Once getting to a certain point in time with one group of characters, he moves to the next group and recounts what happened to them through the same period of time. Why not intersperse their chapters and weave the events together? Once we finally do get to Frodo, the same problem persists as did in Fellowship: Frodo can't really do anything. He takes one significant action, and that's to spare Gollum and bring the little runt with him and Sam. Sam does more than Frodo, saving him from a huge spider-demon. That was a great scene, by the way, but scenes like that are few and far between in this and the previous book. To sum up, after reading Fellowship, I swore off all Tolkien's books, but the movie got me excited again. I thought, well, maybe I was wrong, let's give it another shot. I did, and struggle mightily to finish this book. The only thing that will get me to read the final book is if the second movie rocks. Now, I know many of you will consider this review blasphemy, so go ahead and bash me. But before you do, pick up the book again, and read it with open eyes.
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Summary: The Lord of the Rings
Review: The Fellowship of the Ring and the Two Towers (Parts one and two of The Lord of the Rings) are about a hobbit named Frodo. Frodo inherited a magical ring from his guardian, Bilbo. When a wizard named Gandalf tells Frodo that it is a very powerful ring and could destroy all of middle earth Frodo must go on a great adventure to destroy the ring. The only place where the ring can be destroyed is the place where it was created, Mount Doom.
Alot happens along the way to Mount Doom. Frodo and his companions battle their way past Black Riders and other dangers on their way to Mount Doom. The group, at one point, splits into three different groups and they all go their separate ways.
There are alot of battles and action in The Lord of the Rings. Anybody who loves fantasy, adventure, and action books will love one of the most in-depth stories ever, The Lord of the Rings.
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