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Summary: An Adventure in a Book
Review: The Fellowship of the rings dosn't really stand out in my mind even though I read the book only recently. I did however relativly enjoy reading it. This is probably because I have never read the rest of the series. The book is based on a long journey of a group of people across various lands throught you get this great sense of an adventure.
Looking back on the story as if you were actually their yourself is not very difficult with this book. The problem is that the book leaves you at a very odd place. This seemed strange even though I do know of the rest of the series. This was one of the better stories I have ever heard even though I am only a third of the way through, but I defenitly recomend reading the rest of the series along with it.
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Summary: MY KIND OF PARTY!
Review: Do you remember the old Saturday morning cartoon, "Dungeons and Dragons?" Well, Fellowship had to be the inspiration for it! A band of do-gooders wandering Middle Earth - the archer, the barbarian, the wizard, etc., trying to beat the unbeatable foe..it was what made growing up fun. I enjoyed this book so much, I am on the road to reading the second installment before the film comes out. One of the few things that disappointed me though was the great, elaborate and memorable images from the film were barely touched on in the book, like the Balrog, the Cave Troll, etc. On the same token, I would liked to have met Tom Bombadil in the film and seen the petrified cave trolls, etc. Still, you can't have it all, so I'll gladly take what I can get!
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Summary: Understanding Tolkien
Review: I have heard many people critisize the works of J.R.R. Tolkien after reading only one if not even finishing one book. This particular book is more often than not the choice that most of these people choose to voice their uneducated opinions on. By uneducated, I do not intend it to mean stupid or flawed, only that they don't understand HOW to read a Tolkien book. It is important to know that to understand J.R.R. Tolkiens work, such as the Lord of the Rings series, you have to read ALL of them. In reality, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, are all one book, not three seperate books. One probably won't get the depth they expected from the Fellowship because it's only 1/3 of a book. This application for almost all of Tolkien's works. There will be a lot of things that you won't understand when you first read The Lord of the Rings, especially if it is your first time, but that is the true genius of Tolkien. All of his books tie in to become a realistic history, so to understand that history and what causes it, you have to read another one of his books. Just try it, if you aren't impressed by the Fellowship, go ahead and finish the series. Only then is it fair to make a judgement of Tolkien's literature.
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Summary: J.R.R. Tolkien's Greatest Work
Review: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, is certainly a work of art. In this novel, Tolkien creates a world where magic, adventure, and robust thrills are as common as a person who wants ice in his/her water. Describing the world in which Tolkien's story is set in is nearly unimaginable. Tolkien truly lets your imagination flow like a river right after a monsoon. By not defining every excruciating detail in his book, I was able to create a world in my mind that could never be described with words. The Lord of the Rings is set in almost a medieval period, with a magical twist to it, where everything is possible. It all begins with a jolly hobbit named Frodo Baggins. Shielded from anything outside the Shire (his home), everything he knew was beautiful. But a storm was brewing, and what was thought to have been the outside world caved into his backyard. Shadows of darkness marks the beginning of the most amazing journey anyone could imagine. Frodo Baggins has inherited the Ring, a very powerful ring that could be used to rule the world. The destiny of the world as we know it is put in the hands of a small, nearly insignificant hobbit. His name is Frodo, pray he is successful.
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Summary: The Apex of Science Fiction
Review: What Clancy and Ludlum did for mystery trillers and King did for horror Tolken did for fantasy. When I first read the book 4 years ago I was amazed at the great attention to detail Tolken paid to the world he had created inside of his head. This isn't just a story of 9 guys being chased through the woods for 400 pages, it is about their myths, culture history and way of life. Now some have criticized the language and I can see where that would throw some people off, however if you just let it flow over you it can really get insense. Now personally I myself feel a little annoyed with the characters seemingly endless urge to compose songs and poems, but I can see how this adds a lot to the story Overall-This book is incredible and you need to read it become you see the movie, otherwise you will be absolutely clueless.
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Summary: A Great Book
Review: This book is great for anyone who can read. I think you would be crazy not to read it because it has a great plot, good story line, and it's just something you would really miss out on by not reading it. I gave this book a "5 star" because it gives a good mesage on life to go on no matter what adversities come your way. If you read this book, i suggest you read The Hobbit, the enchanting prelude to the Fellowship of The Ring. For me, the book was really hard to get into at the beginning, but just keep reading and it will turn into a great adventure.
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Summary: Not For Everyone
Review: I must admit, I read this book purely because of the movie, partly because I¡¯m curious about the similarities between the two and partly because everyone says it¡¯s a good book.
After reading the book, I¡¯m going to agree that it is a good book. IF you can read through the first 100 or so pages and have a faint recollection of what it was about. It¡¯s not that it¡¯s written badly, more like it¡¯s written too detailed, often I¡¯ll find myself reading a long paragraph and catch my mind wandering instead of taking in what¡¯s happening in the story. And I can tell you, it¡¯s extremely irritating to read the same paragraph a hundred times. For the most part, this is a serious book, it also contains some comic relief from one of the supporting characters like Merry or Pippin. There are heaps of action and adventure in the story ¨C At Moria, meeting the nine riders and a lot more. But unfortunately there are also quite a bit of boring parts, mostly describing the scenery, that would've been fine if it wasn't described every other page.
But there¡¯s a reason why this is a classic, it is an engaging and grand story, and if you haven¡¯t read it, definitely do, even if it is just to find out what the fuss is all about.
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Summary: The Fellowship of the Ring "WOW"
Review: This book is the best book a kid could read it is so interesting that you can't put the book down.The book starts out talking about a character named Frode and Bilbo Baggins and how Bilbo found a magical ring but had no idea of it's dark powers and how it took control of you to get back to it's master. If you want to find out how this series of books start out your gonna have to read it your self
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Summary: The Fellowship of the Ring
Review: Choices are always hard to make, that's mostly what "The Fellowship of the Rings" is filled with. As Frodo inherits a most valuable danger he must flee with all speed, but everyone happens to be against him. As he and his faithful companions have to go through a peril that could only lead to death if they do not succeed, they discover many foes yet friends along the way, but will they make their transportation of this tiny product successful is the question. If you'd like to discover the hidden secrets and finish the death defying quest then I advise you to chose this book.
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Summary: Lord Of The Rings
Review: The Lord of the Rings
By Jr.r. Tolkien
Reviewed by Enaud Ekralc
9/20/02 This summer I read the best book ever. It's called The Lord of the Rings, by Jr.r. Tolkien. The story begins in the shire, which is where Hobbits live. A Hobbit is a little creature that looks like us and has hairy feet. Frodo is very nice and worry free, until the ring falls into his hands. A Hobbit called Frodo receives a ring that has great power; the evil lord made it himself. Frodo must take a journey to destroy the ring. Only there is one problem, the only place the ring can be destroyed is Mt. Doom. Mt. Doom is Sauron's fortress. Frodo must go through a lot of frightful tasks.
There are a lot of characters in the novel. Here are my favorites; first you have Strider who is a mysterious fighter who can beat any demon, then there is Gandolf, a wizard who is loved by everyone for his firework displays. I like Strider because he is really strong and he tricks the evil demons. Gandolf has great power that helps a lot of people. I like Gandolf because he makes people laugh and smile. Both Gandolf and Strider help Frodo through this task. They both play an important roll in The Lord of the Rings.
I really enjoyed The Lord of the Rings. It has a lot of adventure that kept me reading. Anyone who likes adventure and fantasy books would love The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien made up a lot of characters that are mean, nice, ugly etc. I would recommend this book to all of my friends and my family. I think that everybody should read The Lord of the Rings. I really liked The Lord of the Rings.
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