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Summary: Fantasy does not get any better...
Review: Have you ever been to Middle Earth? If not, read The Hobbit, its a good background and a good book in its own right, then pick up this and read away. You'll never want to leave. Although there are many fantasy writers, none can compare with Tolkien (still, I really like The Wheel of Time series). He is the master of fantasy, undisputed. I read this series about once a year, sometimes twice, because it takes me away from this crazy place for awhile. Takes me to somewhere a little more my style; that place I dream about.
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Summary: Don't read anyTLOTRreviews if you havn't finshed reading it.
Review: I think that the fellowship of the rings is a great book and deserves 1000 stars, but the book should not be forced on anyone(but still strongly reccommended), and if you have not read all "The Lord Of The Rings" and are conserding reading this book or are part-way-through, then stoping reading these reviews, as you will find out what happends later on in the book.If you didn't know, there is 3 movies coming out about "The Lord Of The Rings" in year 2001, being filmed in New Zealand and is 3 movies The Fellowship Of The Rings, The Two Towers, and The return Of The King which will be about 2 hours each.
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Summary: Absorbing and somewhat otherworldly
Review: This book was amazing!I am a devout Tolkien fan,and I love all his books(as a matter of fact,I study the languages he created in his books as a hobby.I was inspired by his books to create a fantasy world of my own.)I was 12 when I first read this book,and I've loved it ever since.But,I must point out one major flaw:the writing gets so complicated some times,that it's hard to read(#2:the Two Towers is even worse on this,but #3 gets much better)Their is one other flaw:the characters aren't developed enough until #2.But other than that,this book is a great read, esp. Chapter 2:Shadows of the Past(the most,in my opinion,unboring chapter in the book)
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Summary: This has been my favorite book of all of the four.
Review: This has been my favorite book because it's been the most intense and has been the most suspence filled book of the four. I think that Tolkien has been my favorite auther for about a year now. I'm still a beginer, but I have already boughten 5 of his books.
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Summary: I came, I saw, I read. ABSOLUTELY SWEEPING!!! WOW!!!
Review: wow, a great book, and a great author, tolkien is w/o a doubt, the best author in the world. he tops jordan, c.s. lewis, frank herbert, lewis carrol, and the list could go on and on.wow.
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Summary: Wicked cool.
Review: This book is wicked cool. I coudn't put it down, the characters were very colorful, and the setting is intricately detailed.
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Summary: This is the second best book of the lord of the rings.
Review: This book has so much class that it even edges out the fabled narnia books for my fav. fantasy. get this book NOW!
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Summary: great
Review: the book keept you gessing althouht the charicters could have had more deepth
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Summary: Amazing, immersive, powerful, a must read
Review: The only drawback to reading this series is that it spoiled me so that every other book I've read since the 7th grade has been a disappointment (which is kind of sad considering that I'm now 28). It's true that it's a great story and that Tolkien creates a world that is totally immersive and believable (even down to the history and structure of the imaginary foreign languages). More importantly though, he has a deep-rooted sense of ethics that he has woven into the story that strikes a harmonic chord in the soul of the reader - for example, that wisdom is often more powerful than strength, that hunger for power or money is bad, that sometimes the harder path is the best, that displaying one's power (or wealth) is bad, and that sometimes it's better to not use power even if you have it. (Consider Aragorn, an heir to the throne who wears muddy boots and lurks in the shadows). From a literary point of view, these concepts are similar to the teachings of Jesus, which are obviously very powerful. Tolkien's anti-materialistic view of the world may be what moves readers so much and what pushes the series beyond being just technically great (which it is) to being almost a religous experience. The only things I found disappointing were the loose ends that weren't tied up at the end and the hints of the decline of Middle Earth towards being a world like our own.
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Summary: A great book
Review: If you like fantasy read this book. And if you don't read it anyway
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