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Title: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien ISBN: 0-345-34042-6 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 September, 1986 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $29.96 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 (1105 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The Hobbit
Comment: I would give The Hobbit 4 stars.It is a great book by J.R.R.Tolkien.It is the prelude to the Lord of the Rings.It is about a hobbit named Bilbo that is chosen by a wizard to go on an aventure(hobbits are not very aventureous).He goes along with 13 dwarves and the wizard.The wizard is not with him and the dwarves the whole time though.I think that kids and adults would both like this book.ALso if you like aventure and magic books.
Rating: 5
Summary: A book to hold close.
Comment: I've read it over a year ago and it's still in my mind. I plan to read it again before the end of the year. It's a work to behold, and I can't think of another book like it in the way it transports you to a world you wish was real. It feels real in your heart as you read from the Hobbit down to the third part of Lord of the Rings(Return of the King)and you become exhausted because it felt like you went on an adventure with the characters and now you don't want to go. The full beauty of Middle-Earth became a picture in my mind, fully realized before the movies came out. There's so much that can be taken from this book if one is willing to look into it with respect for the way it has enchanted readers for decades. Read this, but also check out George R.R. Martin A Song of Fire & Ice(he knows how to keep you entertained while reading, I consider his books pulp fantasy in the way Pulp Fiction was pulp cinema. I really liked Pulp Fiction btw). Also check out Martha Wells' Death of the Necromancer and Wheel of the Infinite (she really impresses me by making characters you'll want to continue to read about) Oh and give the Last Unicorn by Beagle a try if you want a fairy tale to really give you something to cherish(that is if you haven't read it already).
Rating: 5
Summary: This may just be a rehash of what other reviewers have said.
Comment: But I'm not about to read 1000+ reviews, so I'll just say what I want to say.
The book itself deserves 3 stars on first reading. The main problem with this book is that Tolkien becomes progressively longer and longer winded. The book starts out being told in the avuncular style of the Hobbit (by the way, I loved that style; the whole time I was reading the Hobbit I had this mental picture of Tolkien sitting in a leatherbound chair in front of a fire, reading to a group of little children. It was very enjoyable for me.)
By the time you get near the end, however, the book becomes more of an epic slog. Now, I am not too easily bored. I have been riveted by school textbooks that would put most people to sleep. But Return of the King was hard for me, it really was. Especially boring were books 3 and 5, because Tolkien was going on and on about Aragorn, Gandalf, Gimli, Legolas, Merry, and Pippin, when I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO FRODO AND SAM! GRRR!
The parts that actually contained Frodo and Sam were wonderful, however. They were filled with such pathos that I couldn't but fall in love, and Gollum is one of the best literary characters I have ever encountered.
Anyway, this gets five stars on the second reading. The long-windedness is still irritating, but not so much because you expect the long-windedness, and you know exactly how it turns out with Frodo and Sam. 3 stars plus 5 stars is 8 stars, 8 stars divided by 2 gives us an average score of 4 stars. I added 1 bonus star because the Lord of the Rings inspired most of the fantasy fiction out today, as well as RPGs and three films starring an assortment of hot guys. Thank you very much.
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Title: The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien ISBN: 0345325818 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: November, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-4) by J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré ISBN: 0439434866 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.96 |
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Title:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition) ASIN: B000067DNF Publisher: New Line Home Entertainment Pub. Date: 12 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $27.99 |
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Title: The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set by C. S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes ISBN: 0064471195 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: August, 1994 List Price(USD): $41.93 |
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Title:The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition) ASIN: B00009TB5G Publisher: New Line Home Video Pub. Date: 18 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $25.99 |
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