Lord of the Rings - J R R Tolkien

one sentence summary:
One ring to rule them all... destroy the ring or die.

review:
Ok, I know this review is probably going to annoy some people but Lord of the Rings is not for everybody, in fact I would say only die hard fantasy fans should even attempt reading it. There are descriptions of scenery that literally last tens of pages and Tolkien was really good at writing himself into a corner and then just making shit up to get out of it. I dare say he did not start with a story board, if he had the series would not be nearly as rambling as it is. The writing is beautiful but long winded and the characters are realistic but at the same time they all have a bit of that holier-than-tho feel to them. If you really enjoyed reading The Hobbit I do not unequivocally recommend you tackle this because it is so different from the adventure of The Hobbit. It is however well worth reading f you are a fan of high fantasy (though Tolkien is not the genius of the genre he is so often made out to be).
6/10

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