This series has been such a foundation for modern-day fantasy that I'm incredibly disappointed in myself for not liking this. I can't tell you how sorry I am.Īgain, I'm so sorry, but I found this book unbelievably dull. I've always wanted to learn Elvish and get completely offended à la Stephen Colbert but I ca Never have I been so sad to give a low rating to such a revered book. I have always wanted to be a Tolkien fangirl. Again, I'm so sorry, but I found this book unbelievably dull. Never have I been so sad to give a low rating to such a revered book.
They are there to remind us that the history of the world goes back many lifetimes and is full of mystery. They are like the blue-stoned brooch Tom Bombadil found among the treasure in the burial mound of the Borrow-wight, the brooch that causes us to wonder about the woman to whom it once belonged.
They are like the ruins of the castles and fortresses along the way that cause us to wonder who once lived there. They are meant to stimulate our imagination and cause us to wonder about their origin and history, cause us to ask questions about them. I see Tom Bombadil and Lady Goldberry as adding to the mystery of the forest. Imagine yourself hiking through the Old Forest, remembering the old stories you had heard about it, and wondering who or what made the trail you are following. Imagi …more I think the problem, Jim, is that you are trying to burn through the pages in search of excitement and answers. Gerry Bevers I think the problem, Jim, is that you are trying to burn through the pages in search of excitement and answers. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.more In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others.
But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkeness bind them One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkeness bind them In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others.