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The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

Start date: April 1, 2017

Finish date: June 30, 2017

Discussion: Group Reads

Why we're reading this: Come back once more to the end of the Third Age and the terrible struggle to defeat the Shadow that would…more
[close] Come back once more to the end of the Third Age and the terrible struggle to defeat the Shadow that would cover all Middle-earth in darkness.

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Jan 14, 2013 Jenna (Falling Letters) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2020, 2025, 2018, tolkien, favourites, 2013, reread-2013, 2014, 2015, reread-2015

Thoughts originally published at Falling Letters in 2012, when I first read the book as a whole.

The Fellowship of the Ring:

- Leaving Bag End and Hobbiton was a very sad process for me. See this post for why 'that feeling' always gets me.

- One of the things that threw me off was the very drawn out time frame of the beginning of the story. It's, what, 18 years between Bilbo's party and when Frodo leaves? I had a lot of trouble envisioning Frodo as older. In fact, I don't, I keep with the image ...more

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Feb 28, 2012 L rated it it was amazing

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JRR Tolkien is one of the greatest fantasy writers of all time and he proved this by dedicating his life to it. He used personal experiances during the war, his friendships and love and creativity and imagery within his work to bring it to life. The Lord of the rings was his main work that is set in a triology format but is read as one single volume, it touches on all aspects but its main theme is love and the power of love in friendship and unity which continues throughout the novel; love conqu ...more

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