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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)

J.R.R. Tolkien

Start date: July 1, 2012

Finish date: July 31, 2012

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Feb 21, 2021 Kira rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: adult-fiction, audiobooks, fantasy, classics, series, book-bucket-list

This is pretty fantastic! LOTR is completely new to me and I've thoroughly enjoyed myself so far.
I specifically read this along with a fan-made audiobook @ https://tokybook.com/lord-rings-audio... which is the best audiobook I've EVER listened to and I REALLY recommend it to anyone that wants to read this series.
The characters were fantastic. Yes they walk a lot and there's a boring deliberation chapter (approx 40 pages) in the middle but apart from that, it's a 5/5 experience.
I will be startin ...more

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May 15, 2011 J rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: owned, books-i-highly-recommend

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

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Jun 03, 2011 Yuu Sasih rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, fantasy, adventure

Saya termasuk orang yang selalu beli sesuatu post-euphoria, dan buku ini tidak lepas dari persyaratan tersebut. LOL. Jadi ya, setelah orang-orang mulai melupakan gairah film dan buku LoTR, saya baru sempat beli box setnya dan baru mulai baca.

Saya benar-benar tidak terburu-buru membacanya, tidak seperti kebanyakan buku yang saya baca, dimana saya tidak akan menjadi detil-oriented dan lebih mencari plot-oriented pada kali pertama membaca. Tapi saya kali ini benar-benar membaca secara detil rangkai ...more

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Jan 03, 2012 Kathryn rated it really liked it

I bought these books when I was a kid and the LOTR movies were coming out in theaters. However, I never had the attention span to really read them. Recently, I read The Hobbit and didn't find it difficult to read, so I decided to try reading The Fellowship of the Ring.

Now, I know this is blasphemous but I think the pacing of the movie is way better than the pacing of the book. There didn't seem to be the intensity and seat-gripping anticipation and fear in the book as there was in the film.

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Oct 29, 2011 Pickle rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, re-read, books-that-are-movies

This was only my second time read this, after many many times viewing it.

The book is far superior in every, though jackson delivered a great movie, and i loved all the things i forgot due to the movie.

4/5

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