The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) in J.R.R. Tolkien Epic Reads

Feb 08, 2014 Zoe Kaylor rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

2023 reread: Absolutely loved this reread

This is the first time I’ve reread Lord of the Rings in about five years. And wow Tolkien’s prose is just stunning. I know it’s not for everyone, but it’s beautiful.

I’m particularly captivated by Aragorn this time round. We don’t see the quest from his perspective usually, so we don’t get to see inside his thoughts but the moments other characters see him for who he really is are stunning.

I’m also struck by Tolkien’s pacing. The prose is lyrical and bea ...more

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Jun 29, 2013 George Noland II rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: tolkien

I've read that Tolkien wrote it to be the Anglo Saxon equivalent of Greek and Roman mythology. Excellent read. ...more

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Jul 23, 2013 Heidi Garrett rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, favorites

I read this book many years ago. It's due for a re-read! We watch the extended version of the The Lord of the Rings at the end of every year. So I guess you could say I'm a fan. ...more

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Jan 15, 2011 Rob rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, reread, tolkien, fantasy-tolkien

“An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only. . . . We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop and laid asleep, are we at leisure to savour the real beauties. Till then, it is like wasting great wine on a ravenous natural thirst which merely wants cold wetness.” CS Lewis

As a teenager I was very much into science fiction and fantasy. I of course knew about Tolkien and had read the Hobbit, but I ...more

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