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Summary: From The Shire to Mordor
Review: I thought that this was a pretty good book. The characters are well described and played out throught the book. Their journey starts in the Shire where we meet Frodo and Bilbo Baggins. Gandalf the Grey comes to Bilbo's 111th birthday party and Bilbo shares plans to leave the Shire to adventure again after his party is near over. Gandalf sees a change in his life long friend from the last time that he saw him. Bilbo mentions of a ring that he found on his last adventure that he took and also mentions that when he has the ring with him he doesnt feel a year older. When Gandalf trys to convince Bilbo to leave the ring behind when he leaves, Bilbo goes crazy. Gandalf finally convinces Bilbo that it is best to leave the ring to Frodo when he leaves. Frodo doesnt know how powerful the ring is until he is instructed to leave the Shire because it is not safe with him there. He travels with 3 other friends (who are all hobbits like him) to Bree to find the Prancing Pony Inn. There they meet Strider who is a trusted friend of Gandalf and protects the boys through the night from the Ring Wraiths. The Next day the party of five now leaves for Rivendell to reunite with Gandalf. On the way during one night the group is attacked by the Ring Wraiths and Frodo is injured by one. Arwen (the daughter of Elrond) is trusted by Strider to take Frodo ahead of the group to Rivendell because Frodo needs Elrond's treatment to stop his transformation into a Ring Wraith. Frodo arrives savely and recieves treatment, then soon learns of why he was attacked specifically. The Council of Elrond, which consists of a representitive of the nine areas of Middle Earth(with the exception of Mordor). Together they decide to have Frodo take the ring to Mordor to destroy it in the place where it was created. Now the Fellowship consisting of nine members, four hobbits, two warriors, an elf, a dwarf and a wizard, set out on their incredible journey across Middle Earth to take back the one ring of power. Through The Misty Mountains and the underlying caves, the Fellowship embarks on a journey that faces them against such foes as: Orcs, A Giant Octupuss, Ring Wraiths and a Balrog. Though the party loses Gandalf to the Balrog, the Fellowship pushes on toward their goal of Mordor. Facing many other challenges and triumphs.
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Summary: a wonderfully vivid story set in a world called Middle-earth
Review: This book really comes alive in the first chapters. The action may be a little bit slow in the beginning, but the wonderful details and descriptions of every part of the world really make this story seem real. As the story progresses, new locales are visited by the companions, and new challenges are conquered. From the start of this book, with Bilbo leaving the Shire, and giving everything he has to his nephew, Frodo. Gandalf the wizard then tells him that a ring bilbo left to him is really Sauron's One Ring of Power, and if he recovers it, it spells doom for all races of Middle-earth. Thus Frodo, with the help of three of his friends, makes it to the house of Elrond, where he seeks further council, and then heads off to Mount Doom with 8 other companions to destroy the ring and defeat the Dark Lord. This was an exceptional book
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Summary: An awesome book
Review: I think this is a great book. There are so many different interesting characters. I also like fantasy. It was a hard book to read, so I listened to it on tape. The details were really fascinating. I liked the goblins, trolls,orcs,elves,and dwarves.I recommend this book to kids 10-15 because of the accent and hard words.
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Summary: Recommended as a Cure for Insomnia
Review: I think this book is one of the most boring loads of... I have ever read. I am someone who tends to suffer a lot from insomnia, but all I have to do to beat it is just read ten pages from this book, and I am asleep like a baby. Although my opinion is definitely in the minority, I am far from alone either. I have read the ten most recent 1-star comments on The Fellowship of the Ring... The consensus is that the book is boring! J.R.R. Tolkein, like many other conservative academics, had a creative mind, but was much more of an analytical author than he was a storyteller. After seeing and loving the movie before reading the book, the book was a real disappointment. Most of the parts of the movie that I enjoyed were not even in the book to begin with! The scene where Merry and Pippin accidentally set off the dragon firework is not there. The scene where Bilbo and Gandalf are outdoing each other with smoke sculptures is not there. The gripping battle between Gandalf and Sauron was not there either! These were all things that would have picked up the pace of the novel tremendously if they had been there. They would have indicated real CHARACTERISATION as opposed to dry description and journalistic chronicle. The Harry Potter series may be bubblegum in comparison, but my God, at least it is readable! J. K. Rowling is ten times the storyteller that Tolkein is. If only you could combine Tolkein's creative ideas with Rowling's narrative flair, you would have one hell of a fantasy author.
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Summary: Mystic middle-earth
Review: Tolkien created this unique world where men, hobbits, elves, ogres, et al all mix & mingle with one another. By reading this special piece, I journeyed to the middle earth & experienced the quest of the "Company" to battle evil.Quite interesting with Tolkien's unique language for each specie & the numerous 'songs' (supposedly) sang by the elves. Not to mention the very helpful map included at the start of the book which guided me through my reading. Very descriptive --- even the unimaginative cannot help but picture Tolkien's world vividly. I started with the Hobbit & moved on to this & immediately continued to read Books 2 & 3. Well, I have to admit, I had an overload of the Hobbit world but I appreciated the entire story more, since I view it as just one long continuing saga of the Company's mission to save Middle Earth.
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Summary: !!The best trilagy ever!!and written by the best auther!!
Review: The Lord of the Rings is the best trilagy ever and written by my fav auther. The Fellowship of the Ring is great. It has elves, hobbits, dwarves, wizards, trolls, orcs, ect. It has really kewl different languages. It's full of excitment and subsince(dont mind my spelling). I love it!!!I hope more people buy it and read it...buh-bye now
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Summary: Yes, I know that it is a classic masterpiece..
Review: This book is a great book but you have to be ready for the difficulties of reading it. It is hard to get into the language and fully understanding it. Sometimes you will have to read the same sentence over and over to finally get the meaning. I love the characters and as the book goes on it is easier to read. I can almost put myself in middle earth and feel like I am there with Frodo and everyone else. Just don't over analyse the language and try to remember everything that goes on, that would make reading this book like a headache. Your best bet is just to read and enjoy and go along with the characters and try to image what the places look like, etc... this is how I enjoyed the book.
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Summary: Beautiful, but quite long winded....
Review: I really like fantasy novels... Neil Gaiman rocks my world... so i tried to read Fellowship of the Rings. Whereas, i will say that the language is beautiful, and the characters are charming, and the plot interesting... it can be considered long-winded. This book is fun, but don't expect it to be light reading to whiz through. They spend 80 pages walking down the same road - it's almost as though the book is written in real time. I wanted to say, "Frodo... Are we there yet?" I do recommend this book... it is wonderful... but only if you have the time and patience to get through it.
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Summary: The Fellowship of the Ring
Review: Frodo, a young hobbit, has inherited a magic ring from his relative, Bilbo. Little does he know, that this ring can rule and destroy all of Middle-Earth. He and a Fellowship of nine must destroy this ring, or Middle-Earth will perish. Together, they seek Mt. Doom, the only force that can destroy the ring. They face many perils. In the end, for the most part, they succeed.
This book was very exciting, I enjoyed it. It was Full of action and adventure. This Fellowship of Nine faced many dark creatures, and with the help of Gandalf, the strongest in their party, were victorious. Many demonic creatures are after them, they want to help their master, Sauron, get the ring. With this ring, Sauron can control all of Middle-Earth, but these nine devoted people will go to any lengths to make sure this doesn't happen. This book kept me on the edge of my seat.
My favorite part of the book is when they had to pass through the Mines of Moria, a dark, dreadful place full of goblins and a firey demon. Gimli, the dwarf, helps Gandalf navigate through the dark mines. These mines were once inhabited by dwarves, and Gimli used to live in them. During the end, the Fellowship is attacked by Goblins. They fight them the best they can. They flee towards the exit when something bigger and more evil attacks them. A large, fiery, demon seeks to destroy them and get the ring to Sauron. Gandalf destroys this demon, but in the process of doing so, kills himself.
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Summary: The first part of the greatest trilogy ever written!
Review: The first part of The Lord of the Rings is an amazing story of courage, friendship, and the war between good and evil. the story is about a young hobbit and his friends. Frodo Baggins is given the responsibility of destroying the One Ring, the ring that will give the evil Sauron the power to destroy all of Middle Earth. He leaves to the Cracks of Doom with nine companions, forming the Fellowship of the Ring. The Felllowsip is being pursued by the evil Ringwraiths, servents of Sauron. With the orcs and other evil creatures of Sauron at their trail, the weight of the ring on Frodo is terrible. As the Ringwraiths grow near, the desire to put on the ring is tremedous, and that is the one thing that will bring them nearer. The fight between Frodo and Sauron and Frodo and himself is weakening him. What will happen next? Im not telling you! READ THIS BOOK!
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