Review: Bilbo’s Last Song

Bilbo’s Last Song by J.R.R. Tolkien

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I typically skip over the songs when I read The Lord of the Rings. Maybe I shouldn’t admit that, but I do. I just don’t really care for them and they seldom move the plot along. And, while I think Tolkien was a master storyteller, I don’t think his poetry is all that good.

But when I saw this slim little volume on the shelf at Half Price Books today I couldn’t resist it. The scene where Bilbo (and Frodo and the others) leave the Grey...