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Summary: Two of Tolkien's Three Great Masterpieces!
Review: The best fiction of all time is captured in the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings Boxed Set! It must (in my opinion) be read by everyone, for people who haven't read this do not know what they're missing! The Hobbit is about a middle-aged hobbit named Bilbo Baggins. He has met the strange young wizard named Gandalf. He happens to bring a band of dwarves with him. Gandalf proposes to Bilbo to go on the mission as a 'burglar', as they are going back to repossess the dwarve's secret hoarde of jewels and riches. The complications that arise in this book are many: including a few trolls, some spiders, elves, goblins, wolves, hostile elves, and not to mention the guardian of the treasure -- the evil dragon Smaug! Better yet, Bilbo finds a certain 'ring' that will be of great importance in his next work! This great adventure will make you feel you are part of Bilbo's company as they go off on a perilious quest. What started out to be a tale for children turned out to be one of the most popular adventures of all time! Light-hearted and humourous, this book is very entertaining! The Lord of the Rings is arguably the best book of fiction every written, and volume one was named the Book of the Century. It all starts off when Bilbo has his 111th birthday. He announces that he is leaving, and he packs off to the elven haven of Rivendell. He leaves his home(Bag End), and all of his possessions(including the ring) to Frodo, his cousin. Gandalf, overseeing all the preparations, begins to suspect something peculiar about the ring. After long researches through the histories, Gandalf returns to Bag End and tests the ring. It turns out to be the One Ring, forged by the evil tyrant Sauron within the pits of the volcano Oroduin, or Mt. Doom. This Ring is much like its master -- it has an evil power all on its own. Gandalf instructs Frodo to go to Bree and he will meet him there after he visits his wizard ally, Saruman the White. Unfortunately, Saruman was caught and turned by Sauron when Saruman was looking into one of the Palantir (seeing stones). Sauron was looking on the other side of another and bent him to his will. Gandalf was captured but escaped becauseof Gwaihir the eagle who rescued him. Meanwhile, back to Frodo and the other three hobbits who aided him, they reached Bree, and were aided by the Ranger named Strider. Eventually, even with the servants of Sauron tailing them, they managed to reach Rivendell.
At Rivendell they decided that the Ring needed to be destroyed. It had to be taken to Mt. Doom within Sauron's stronghold of Mordor and cast there so it can be unmade. The rest of the books deal with the tragedy of the lands and Frodo's sacrifice to destroy the Ring, and the sacrifice of others amidst the evil Sauron's treacheries. The Lord of the Rings is not to be missed: the story is also a feat as the land that Tolkien created is out of this world.
The Hobbit should also be read, for the adventure and merriness of the book is thoroughly entertaining! Get it NOW!
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Summary: The best collection of books you'll ever read
Review: The Lord of the Rings is a classic collection of well written books. I just couldn't seem to put it down. The box set will make a perfect gift.
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Summary: Lord of the Rings Boxed set
Review: These books are AMAZING! About the time I got to The Return of the King, I could not put the book down. What an adventure!
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Summary: Where is the twelve star option?
Review: This is simply the best fantasy series ever written. I wouldn't suggest getting the Simarillion with it unless you are an avid fan. A chunk of it is similar to reading Kings or Hosea. In short, love these books to the death
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Summary: The Hobbit Book Review
Review: My opinion on THE HOBBIT is that it's a four star book because of how it keeps you hooked and you can't stop reading until your mom comes into your room and blabs out that it's time to go to bed. I think it has the ability to do this because it always keeps you in the dark, and then finally, it brings you back into the light. After you find out how something turns out, the author tries to keep you involved in the story by putting the characters in a bad situation which almost forces you to find out what happens next. An example of this is when a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins is left behind by his acquaintances in an obscure situation where he has to answer riddles from a beast-like monster named Golem to stay alive long enough to escape from a cave,But Bilbo manages to escape into a forest and meet up with his friends, Gandalf and the drarves. Another example of how the author keeps you in the dark is when Bilbo and the drarves are surrounded by giant choleric spiders and Bilbo puts a magic ring on his finger, turns invisible, and dispatches many of the poisonous beasts to rescue his friends once again. Overall, this book is one of my favorite books because of how it flows.
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Summary: A great book!
Review: The book the hobbit is such a great book. It's long but you don't notice it because the book is so good! I would read this again if I could. It has so many adventures in it and it shows you that even if your'e small(in Bilbo's case) you can still do anything you want. It is also very thrilling because there are so many characters and they all go on the adventures together. This book is very hard to put down. I would reccomend this book to any advanced readers. You will LOVE it!!!
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Summary: Marvelous and Imaginative
Review: Like many thousands of readers I enjoyed this trilogy of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings stories. They are fairytales for grown-ups and take us into a world of vivid imagination and adventure. In some ways I think it is a pity that the covers have the images of the actors from the movie. The stories reside in a surreal world and are almost best left to the reader's imagination or an "animated" more mysterious representation. Well, having read and re-read these tales, I began to wonder what else I could turn to for a light and imaginative read. I discovered a a wonderful, eye-opening fantasy/science-fiction tale called, "ACCUSED BY FACET-EYES" by C.B. Don that I would like to recommend. It too takes the reader into a surreal world with a range of most fantastic characters, great verses and an urgent, lovely eco-message that is so very right for our times --- and yet the tale never abandons the imaginative aspects and otherworldliness of the atmosphere. I honestly liked the fairytale-like quality of "Accused By Facet-Eyes" as much as all of Tolkein's famous works and it made a bit of refreshing change from hobbits too!
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Summary: The greatest literary work of the 20th century.
Review: I am a twelve year old reader, and have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. I have to admit, before the movie came out when I was in 6th grade, I had no idea what Lord of the Rings was. I remember vaguely hereing about The Hobbit when my friend did that for a book report. So, I saw the movie, and found it long, but a great movie overall. I decided to read these books. I mistakenly started out with The Lord of the Rings instead of The Hobbit. I wouldn't recommend reading Lord of the Rings before The Hobbit, as they are interweaved. If one reads The Hobbit before Lord of the Rings, one will see many references and clues hidden in plain sight that will make one say, "Oh, I remember that from The Hobbit!" Also, The Hobbit is a great introduction to Middle Earth, especially hobbits, dwarves, and Gandalf. I noticed that The Hobbit seems to feature dwarves, while Lord of the Rings seems to feature elves, especially in The Fellowship of the Ring. If I remember correctly, there were only two dwarves in the Lord of the Rings. Gimli, son of Gloin, and Gloin himself, who plays a small part in Lord of the Rings. In The Hobbit one will notice that Tolkien almost made The Hobbit to be a kid's book, but not quite. It is still a great read for all ages, but it will be easier for some younger readers to read The Hobbit instead of Lord of the Rings. But if one has graduated from The Hobbit and pays attention to every detail in Lord of the Rings, one will notice Tolkien's great writing style, and his descriptiveness must have helped Peter Jackson and the crew of the Lord of the Rings production create the movie. After one has finished The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings is a great book to read. It takes on a more serious theme than The Hobbit, and it introduces many new characters and lands, while many of the old characters in The Hobbit reappear. The Fellowship of the Ring may be a slow read at times, especially if one has seen the movie already. Stick with it though, because the following books are very intense, and interesting. The Two Towers is, in my opinion, a contendor with The Return of the King for the best book of the series. It is full of action, adventure, and it is very immersive. I found that I read The Two Towers in about two weeks, while it took me a very long time to get through The Fellowship of the Ring. The Two Towers seems to focus on Saruman, who attempts to capture the Ring for himself, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and a familiar character, who battle against Saruman, and Frodo, Sam, and another familiar character, who slowly make there way to the cursed lands of Mordor. I didn't name the two familiar characters, because they are a surprise, which you will see when you read the books. By The Return of the King, there is no looking back. Frodo and Sam are well into Mordor, and the fate of the world is being decided. An epic battle rages between Mordor and Gondor, and the commanders of the war against Mordor, including Aragorn, take a tremendous risk, with all odds against them. The ending will be very surprising, so I pity the fool who doesn't read these books! I am well into my second pass of The Lord of the Rings, and I am hooked for life. I hope you will be too!
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Summary: good tasting AND good for you
Review: Its author makes it clear in his introduction that he does not consider these books an allegory or parable, yet it's easy to read various allegories into them. In any case, "The Lord of the Rings" concerns kings and governments and disputes among peoples and nations. It may not refer directly or obliquely to any particular real-world nations or rulers, but clearly it IS a political work. That it is easy to read various allegories into "The Lord of the Rings" doesn't mean that Mr. Tolkien was wrong about it. That, rather, is a measure of its significance and literary success. Its possible relation to current political events is thus very much relevant to a review of it and very much worth pointing out. Let's see: The villain of "The Lord of the Rings" is fanatically anti-environmentalist. He rules by fear and intimidation. He strives for perpetual and permanent war. He is not elected, but self-appointed. Sound like any current American president you know? Read and enjoy "The Lord of the Rings" (and, to a lesser extent, "The Hobbit") for entertainment but realize also there is much wisdom in it and much to learn from it.
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Summary: Triumphant
Review: J.R.R. Tolkien is the master of Imagination. Everyone ages 12 and up should read the Hobbit, and the trilogy once in their lifetime. And what better than to have the movie's pictures on the books? Absolutely enchanting!
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