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

Jul 24, 2011 Diana rated it it was amazing

Shelves: sci-fi-fantasy-read, read-in-2017, re-read

Re-read 2017

I haven't read these in what seems like forever. I used to read them every year, I've loved the books since I first read them as a pre-teen. While the movie adaptations are great, it's wonderful to read the books and find all of the things that they took out including the whole Tom Bombadil episode. ...more

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Apr 14, 2011 Thalia rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, male-narration, i-own, tears-were-shed

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Jun 28, 2012 Ashley Morissette rated it really liked it

I've put this off for far too long. I began The Fellowship of the Ring with high expectations of course, what with its blockbuster movies and endless attention, especially now with The Hobbit about to be released soon. The beginning of the story is a bit slow, but of course, it has to give a lot of background information to set the scene, as it were. The entire family genealogy threw me for some time and was rather dull, but it picked up from there. This is definitely one of those books that gai ...more

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Apr 25, 2011 Malachi Mojica rated it it was amazing

This book was fantastic the second time too, I love the minor details Tolkien includes. Ever wonder what happened to the horses they set loose? He tells you in the books. So much detail, and so many interesting songs and verses. Tolkien was the First Master of fantasy, and I especially love how he treats magic in his world. To the elves, magic is just their way of life, it's not as if they even have to try to do anything "magical," and Gandalf never throws fireballs or does anything too overtly ...more

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