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Summary: The best book I have ever read, and I've read a lot.
Review: Words just aren't enough. Read the book, and odds are you'll see what I mean. A classic.
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Summary: Quite simply amazing
Review: Although I am not a big fan of fantasy, I know that I will always see this as the best book ever written. It both greatly excites the reader and deeply moves them. The only time I've cried after finising a book. Too short
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Summary: the greatest book of all time
Review: i have read parts 1 and 2 and am now reading part 3, this book is so sweet that i will read it again after i read the hobbit again, but i would recommend this book to anyone who loves to read [and read alot, i suppose] books. i have read some others' comments on it and i would have to say that part 1 is a bit slow but starts off with a bang. part 2 is a lot more exciting as far battles and gandalf goes. part 3 i dont really know yet. however tolkiens works have inspired me to write my own books.
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Summary: Just no comparison
Review: It will make your pulse pound. It will haunt your dreams. It will break your heart. Like many others, I read these books first when I was about 10 years old. I was not much of a reader at the time (outside of school). These books enlightened me to the joys of reading. There was much that I didn't understand back then, but with every re-reading, I find more and more to delight in. As I have grown older, different elements of the book have impacted me. It wasn't until my twenties that I really understood the heart-wrenching love affair of Aragorn and Arwen. Give these books to a friend, a niece or nephew, and especially anyone in their early teens... Once they have completed the awesome quest described in this series, they will be changed. How could you not be?
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Summary: We are not worthy
Review: This is without a doubt one of the greatest stories of all time, which inspired such movies as Star Wars and the film of the Lord of the Rings which is in pre-production. This story is non-stop action and adventure. You need a seatbelt just to read it.
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Summary: Millennium Edition -- Seven-volume Hardcover Boxed Set
Review: For the first time, The Lord of the Rings is presented in sevenvolumes, one for each of its six parts plus a seventh volumecontaining the appendices.J.R.R. Tolkien's epic grew in the telling such that its publishers chose to split it into three volumes, each containing two books, for the sake of both convenience and economy. But Tolkien's original intention was for each book to have a separate title: The Rings Sets Out, The Ring Goes South, The Treason at Isengard, The Ring Goes East, The War of the Ring, The End of the Third Age, plus the Appendices. This boxed set edition of seven small hardcovers is bound in black covers with the distinctive Eye of Sauron (from the original jacket design) embossed in red and gold foil on each copy. For the first time ever, each book bears Tolkien's original title, and has been specially typeset for this edition. With sales of over 50 million copies worldwide and acknowledged as the book of the century by book lovers all over the world, this commemorative edition is available for a strictly limited period and provides Tolkien lovers, fans, and collectors old and new with the perfect opportunity to own a slice of definitive twentieth century literary history.
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Summary: A Master of Fantasy
Review: I started reading the works of Tolkien when I was thirteen, and since then, not once have I forgotten this story. By the age of fourteen i had completed "the Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings", "The Silmarillion" and "The Unfinished Tales". Since then, I have also read "Roverandom" and took the time to listen to LotR on tape. He was the first writer to make me want to go back and read his previous work, and then read it over and over again. I will read every published book with his name on it and will forever be humbled by This writers greatness. He made me want to write. After these books, you will never look at any Sci-Fi again without thinking, "Is it worth reading it, after THAT?"
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Summary: "Politically correct" didn't exist in the 40ies!
Review: First of all, I love this book among with the vast majority of those who have read it, so there's no misunderstanding about that. My review is more a reflection on those who criticize the book for such obvious faults as racial and gender bias. Isn't it a bit ridiculous to choose the "enlightened" late 20-century politically aware perspective to review this book? Some of the really great classical books (greek, roman, medieval, i.e Shakespeare and so on) could so easily be laid to blame for the same faults if one chooses that approach. I find that Tolkiens way of creating "deep lore", in his own terms, out of the intricate mechanics of "good" and "evil", however inappropriate these terms may be, are astounding and make for fantastic reading on any level. To anyone who likes to read - do yourself a favour and read Tolkien. For the older readers it might be interesting to start with The Silmarillion which puts not only The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings in perspective but actually Tolkiens whole perception of life and love. I hardly think that anyone could be "hurt" or become a racist or sexist by reading Tolkiens books, a claim almost too ridiculous to contest. I do, on the other hand, believe (and there are many millions who would agree) that there's a very great chance that reading any work of Tolkien is the start of a lifelong relationship to Tolkien and Middle-Earth.
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Summary: The fantasy story that sweeps you of your feet and the world
Review: it's THE book which while reading time flys by you'd miss breakfest, lunch, diner and the X-filles to read this book
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Summary: The Reason I Read!
Review: If it were not for J.R.R. Tolkein's magnificent trilogy (quadrology? if you count "The Hobbit") I'm not sure I would have become the avid reader that I am. I first read "The Hobbit" and "The Lord Of The Rings" in my teen years and they remain the only books I've ever read more than once. They also remain the only fantasy books I truly enjoyed . Tolkein blew open the doors of fiction for me and I have since read many excellent books by authors ranging from E. Hemingway to A. Barrett to D. DeLillo to J. Kerouac to J. Austen to A. Roy and on and on. He opened my eyes to the wonder of entering a fictional world and getting to know fictional characters, all entirely created by human imagination using the tool of language. I have read some of the negative criticisms with interest (few that they are) and while I understand the points (black vs. white, few women characters, etc.) I feel that Tolkein was not intentionally creating negative stereotypes or omitting a gender. I believe he was simply endeavoring to create a fantasy world while not necessarily trying to convey specific ideological, religious or cultural messages. Remember that he first wrote "The Hobbit" for his children. His is a work of fantasy, nothing more. That fact is what makes these books so great. I have not read "The Hobbit" or "The Lord Of The Rings" trilogy in over 20 years but plan to soon. I'm sure the magic will still be there. Of one thing I am sure, I will not turn a jaundiced, adult eye on these books. I will read them for what they are and get transported beyond the 'real' world. Thank You J.R.R. Tolkein!
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