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Summary: This Book is the Best Ever!
Review: The Two Towers leads off when Bomor (a friend) dies, because he tries to take the ring from Frodo and gets hit with an arrow. The fellowship of the ring was split into three groups. Arogon (a man), Legolas (an elf), and Gimily (a dwarf). The second is Merry and Pippin (two hobbits). Last but not least Sam and Frodo the ring bearer. Merry and Pippin escape from orc soldiers when they go into a battle with the Riders of Rohan. They go into Fangorn Forest. There they find an ent named Treebeard. Or you could say Treebeared found them. Now we go back to Arogon, Legolas, and Gimily. They're looking for Merry and Pippin they run into the Riders of Rohan and they tell them they killed the orcs and burnt their heads. Your friends might be there. So they check and don't find them but what they do find is their footprints. They take their journey into Fangorn. They find nobody except a white light. The white light is Gandalf the Gray. Who is now Gandalf the White. As they start a new Journey to Rohan to the halls of King Theoden of the mark. When Gandalf heals the aged King and fixed his broken staff. They rode on to Minus Tirith There ends book three.
Frodo and Sam just found the way out of Muil Hills. They make a new companion Sme`agol - Gollum. Frodo tamed Gollum. Gollum took them through the Dead Marshes to the Black Gate. It was impossible to enter. So they excepted Gollums advice to take his secret passage in the Mountains of Shadow. Which ends up being the Spiders Path. In the tunnel, Gollum falls back into evil. They run into Shelob. The second part ends with Sam's big choice to go on or stay because Shelob stung Frodo who is now apparently dead. So he takes the ring and goes on.
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Summary: My Favorite book of the trilogy
Review: After watching the first film from the trilogy I start reading THE TWO TOWERS. It has a sad beginning with Boromir getting killed and Merry and Pippin being captured by the Uruk - Hai and Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli run in pursuit of them. When the three hunters find a trail leading to Fanghorn forrest they meet Gandalf again. After learning that Merry and Pippin are with Treebeard (an ancient being of Middle Earth), the four men decide to stop the corruptive undoings of Grima Wormtoungue in Rohan and make King Theoden and his Rohirrim army fight against Isengard. The Rohirrim army go to Helm's Deep to fight off Saruman's Orcs. After Rohan has won the battle, King Theoden,Aragorn,Legolas,Gimli,and Gandalf goes to Isengard to comfront Saruman. The five reach ruined like Isengard where they meet Merry and Pippin. After the Voice Of Saruman episode, Gandalf breaks Saruman's staff and Wormtoungue throws the palantir at them and there Pippin looks into it and is terrified and is taken by gandalf into Gondor.
Book 4 is my favorite with Frodo and Sam meeting with Gollum and making him their guide to Mordor. His shortcuts he takes them are long and perilious like the Dead Marshes. On their way they meet Faramir, Boromir's brother and is taken to a forbidden pool area where Gondor rangers hide out. After the hobbits tell Faramir about the ring he lets them go. At the end, Gollum betrays the hobbits and take them to Shelob the spider where Sam wounds her and Frodo is poisoned by her. The Orcs take Frodo away and Sam is left alone in the darkness of Mordor. THE TWO TOWERS is fast paced and is much better to understand than THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING. IT also helps to have the unabridged audio version to guide along the reading with.
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Summary: Hobbits, Wizards, and Orcs...Oh My!
Review: A Review by Charlie Frodo and Sam continue their journey to Mordor while Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli are off chasing the orcs that stole Merry and Pippen, (little did they know Merry and Pippen were on their own adventure as well!) Frodo and Sam capture the creature Gollum and make him their guide who is to take them to the black gate of Mordor, or will he? Meanwhile saruman the white plans to kill all the men of middle earth and acts on that plan! Will the story end happily? Only you can find out. I love how this book can creep you out! It's crazy, I mean you'll be reading and cold shiver will go down your spine or you'll jump mid sentence. This is a creepy line near the end of the book: "For long now she has been hungry...but nothing of this evil which they had stirred up against them did poor Sam know!" I also love the action in this story here's an excerpt from my favorite chapter Helms Deep: An axe swung and swept back, two orcs fell headless, the others fled. The final strongpoint in this novel is in the descriptions of the landscapes, characters, and other things. Here is a description of and Ent's hand: "A large knob-knuckled hand was laid on each of their shoulders." I recommend this book to lovers of fantasy and imaginative stories. I think men may prefer it but women like it too. You should have some free time though, it's kind of long.
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Summary: Very good naration
Review: This was a very good version on tape, i couldn't stop listening to it, i finshed it all in one day.
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Summary: Hobbits, Wizards and Orcs...Oh My
Review: A Review by Charlie Frodo and Sam continue their journey to Mordor while Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli are off chasing the orcs that stole Merry and Pippen, (little did they know Merry and Pippen were on their own adventure as well!) Frodo and Sam capture the creature Gollum and make him their guide who is to take them to the black gate of Mordor, or will he? Meanwhile saruman the white plans to kill all the men of middle earth and acts on that plan! Will the story end happily? Only you can find out. I love how this book can creep you out! It's crazy, I mean you'll be reading and cold shiver will go down your spine or you'll jump mid sentence. This is a creepy line near the end of the book: "For long now she has been hungry...but nothing of this evil which they had stirred up against them did poor Sam know!" I also love the action in this story here's an excerpt from my favorite chapter Helms Deep: An axe swung and swept back, two orcs fell headless, the others fled. The final strongpoint in this novel is in the descriptions of the landscapes, characters, and other things. Here is a description of and Ent's hand: "A large knob-knuckled hand was laid on each of their shoulders." I recommend this book to lovers of fantasy and imaginative stories. I think men may prefer it but women like it too. You should have some free time though, it's kind of long.
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Summary: Hobbits, Wizards and Orcs...Oh My
Review: A Review by Charlie Marie Antonia is given a diary by her teacher so she may learn to be a better writer and speller. For years she writes in this diary. When she was 7 she's told that when she's older she is to marry the Dauphine of France (prince). At the age of 13 the official marriage proposal comes from the king. There is much preparation to be done before she is married. When she meets her husband for the first time she is repulsed by him, but later grows to love him. One of the things that I didn't like about Marie and all the royal characters in general was the way they thought of the "common" people. The rule that they have that common people can not talk to a royal or noble unless spoken to first is ridiculous. though I do know that was just the way it was in the past, I'm glad people don't act like that anymore. I did like how the author made the Dauphin though. How she made Louis "repulsive" looking but a little more lovable in the end. I would not recommend this book for everyone. I think you would have to be interested in history and the lifestyles of the royals long ago, or how people then dealt with things. Though otherwise I would have to say it's a good book and I would recommend it to quite a few people.
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Summary: The Two Towers
Review: The Two Towers is the exciting second book in the trilogy of The Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R Tolkien. It is called the Two Towers because each evil sorcerer has a tower, Saruman has Orthanc and Sauron has Barad Dur. I think when you read this book you should be about ten to fifteen years old because it gets really complicated at parts. This thrilling, action-packed fantasy takes place long ago and starts with Boromir, a man of Gondor, getting shot with arrows by orcs (creatures who are like evil men) who capture Merry and Pippen, two little hobbits. Two other brave hobbits, Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee, who have the Ring, are journeying to Mordor, the one place the Ring may be destroyed, because that is where it was created, in the fires of Mount Doom. Mordor is the land where the wicked lord Sauron lives. The Ring is a power that is beyond any others. It can drive a man mad and, if in Sauron's hands, it could end the world. In it is his hatred and power. A curious creature named Smeagol or Gollum later joins them and acts as a guide to Mordor. Meanwhile the rest of the company, Aragorn, the son of Arathorn a ranger and leader, Gimli, son of Gloin the dwarf, Legolas, a greenleaf elf and Gandalf the Grey, a wizard are battling Saruman the White and his grand orc army the Uruk-hai. Other creatures help like ents and huorns. This is a book where characters learn bravery and loyalty. Will Middle Earth survive? J.R.R. Tolkien is a fantastic author who loves action. You will learn much about warfare and hope because many times there are huge battles and there are some very despairing times. I thought it was good because it is a fantastic plot and has a whole world of its own. This is by the author of The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring and The Return of the King.
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Summary: An Exciting Story!
Review: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
By: J.r.r Tolkien
Reviewed By: J. Soon
Period: 6 This book has section 3 and 4 of the Lord of the Rings series, and tells about the companies' deeds. It all starts when Bromir, a fiends who has tried taken the ring from Frodo, dies. Meanwhile, Merry and Pippin were caught by orc-guards and are taken to the city of IsenGard. Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli are in pursuit, though. Then the riders of Rohan apper, and they destroy the orcs. The hobbits now escaped and now they meet Treebeard, the ent. Later on, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli meet Gandalf again, who has returned from the dead. When they met with Gandalf, he takes Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli to King Theoden's castle. Gandalf heals the king of a curse, and they are now both allied. All of them now continue their journey towards Isengard. Meanwhile, Saruman and Wormtoung are stuck in the tower of Orthanc. Saruman was no longer a wizard after this because he would not repent towards Gandalf. Wormtongue threw a stone out the window, but it failed to Gandalf, because the stone was a palantir, one of the seeing stones of Numenor. Peregrin picks the stone up and gives it to Gandalf, but later steals it at night. Peregrin looked at it, and he is revealed at Sauron. But Gandalf forgives Pippin, and gives the stone to Aragorn, who rides away to Minas Tirith. Meanwhile, in a distant land, Frodo and Samwise are lost in Emyn Muil. Gollum has been on their trail. But later on, Frodo tames Gollum and Gollum becomes Frodo's servant. Gollum leads Sam and Frodo through the Dead Marshes and then they reach Morranon, the Black Gate of the Land of Mordor in the north. They can't pass through the gate, so Gollum tells Frodo to go to a secret entrance in the Mordor Mountains. While on their journey, they met Faromir, the brother of Boromir, who was leading an army of Men of Gordon. Faramir learned about the Ring, then tried to overcome his brother, Baromir. faramir then helps the hobbits by replenishing their supplies. After that, Frodo, Sam, and Gollum make their way through Cirith Ungol, the spider's pass. Faramir warned that that place was dangerous, unliked Gollum had told. Then they reach the Cross-roads, and take the path towards Minas Morgul. Meanwhile, they see Sauron's first army, led by the Black King of Ringwraiths. Gollum then guides the hobbits to Cirith Ungol. At that same time, Gollum betrays them, and leads them to a monster called Shelob. But Gollum was frustrated after that because of Sam's bravery. Samwise chases Gollum away and hurts Shelob. After that, Frodo is stung by Shelob and dies. Samwise then realizes that he must complete the journey alone, but as he goes into Mordor, he overhears the Orcs. He now learned that Frodo is not dead, but drugged. The orcs then carry Frodo's body down a tunnel where Sam cannot catch up...
I liked the book because they gave italicized poems or songs. I like the songs in this book because they are both cheerful and emotional. They also might give clues what happens next in the story. For example,"Trough Rohan over fen and field where the long grass grows. The west wind comes walking, and about the walls it goes. What news from the west O wandering wind, do you bring to me tonight. Have you seen Boromir the Tall by moon or by starlight? "I saw him ride over seven streams, over waters wide and grey; I saw him in the empty lands, until he passed away in the shadows of the North. I saw him then no more. The North Wind may have heard the horn of the son of Denethor. O Boromir! From the highwalls westward I looked afar, but you came not from the empty lands where no men are."This song gave me clues what would happen next, so that's what I like about the Story.
What I don't like about the story is that there were too many words I couldn't pronounce. Sometimes I read pretty fast, them a hard word that I can't pronounce comes up, and then I'm going to have to read the word slowly. For example,"The skirts of the storm were lifting, ragged and wet, and the main battle had passed to spread its great wings over Emyn Muil, upon which the dark thought of Sauron brooded for a while. Thence it turned, smiting the vale of Anduin with hail and lightning, and casting its shadows upon Minas Tirith with threat of war." In those sentences, I had to stop and pronounce the hard words I couldn't pronounce. That's what I don't like about the story.
My favorite part in the story was near the end of the book. Actually, it is the end of the book. It is the part when Frodo get drugged by Shelob and then taken down to the tunnel where Samwise couldn't catch up. It reminds me of a brother and he is being taken away, and the little brother cries in tears trying to catch up to him. Also I like it because in movie format, there was so much suspense. in the movies, the orcs take away Frodo, carryng him down the tunnel, when Sam tries to get him back. Then after that, it just says "The End."
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Summary: Lord of The RingsThe Two Towers
Review: This book will keep you on he edge of your seat. As you travel back to a time that was ageless.
I loved this book, and all the series. The fairy tale creatures are amazing!!! I like the dwarf Gimli because he's a kinda loner.
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Summary: Part Two: Even Better
Review: Tolkien out does the first book of his series The Fellowship of the Ring with his second book The Two Towers. This book could stand on its own without a prequel or a sequel. The level the writing takes on is phenomenal. This book concentrates more on the travels of the other companions in the fellowship than on Frodo. Several mishaps and adventures come about as the Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas track their kidnapped comrades Merry and Pippin. More than a "cult classic", this book serves a deeper purpose; it sheds light on the exploits of humanity. It shows the darkness and the unity man posses within himself. The story picks up with the escape of Frodo and the capture of Merry and Pippin. It includes the return of Gandolf and the battle of the Ents at Isengard. Man begins to unite in the land of Rohan. This portion of the epic ends with the Frodo and Sam nearing Mordor after a near deadly encounter with Shelob and the rest of the Fellowship trying to unite all the lands of men together for battle with Sauron.
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