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Oct 17, 2011
Michelle
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No doubt that The Lord of the Rings is a masterpiece.
It was interesting to reread this after so many years; I'm more critical and picky now, and I can see why some people wouldn't like this. It's very long, meanders quite a bit, and it's definitely not a character-driven story (funny that back in 2012 I found the characters so interesting).
But Tolkien is a master in world-building, and LOTR is one of the most inventive and extensive stories out there!
2012
Just great. The writing was beauti ...more
No doubt that The Lord of the Rings is a masterpiece.
It was interesting to reread this after so many years; I'm more critical and picky now, and I can see why some people wouldn't like this. It's very long, meanders quite a bit, and it's definitely not a character-driven story (funny that back in 2012 I found the characters so interesting).
But Tolkien is a master in world-building, and LOTR is one of the most inventive and extensive stories out there!
2012
Just great. The writing was beauti ...more
“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
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
Mar 02, 2011
Morgan Smith
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Mar 15, 2011
Allison
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it was amazing
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