The Fellowship Of The Ring

Few books have charmed me in a way where I became spellbound, unable to look away, mindlessly and tirelessly flipping pages until I found myself at the end. An immersive read that carries you away to the lands of Middle-Earth; caught in the in between of good and evil. So many beautifully written characters and moments between them truly showcasing a world diverse and yet unified in the same desires to quell the evil that rests over the land like a dark shadow. An exquisite moment in writing that creates an entire world that you can truly believe in.

Got me back into reading and now I am obsessed with fantasy

The language the author uses is lost upon is in the modern world, and can come across as difficult to understand and read, but the world is improved tenfold because of it. Legolas is my fav character.

The epitome of contemporary fantasy literature, the first volume of the prestigious Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, is certainly deserving of its reputation in the literary world as one of the most influential and well-written books in history. J. R. R. Tolkien introduced readers to the meticulously crafted and intricately detailed realm of Middle-earth, where magic runs rampant and the very earth is forged by supernatural beings of legend. Hidden from the dangers and delights of the fantastic outside world are the villages and towns of the Shire, a seemingly mundane region where the inhabitants, a diminutive race of innocent humanoids known as hobbits, live serene, happy lives, often never leaving the safety of their picturesque countryside communities and venturing into the wilderness of Middle-Earth. The Fellowship of the Ring begins with Gandalf, a legendary being channeling unfathomable supernatural energies masquerading as a cheerful, venerable entertainer beloved by the inhabitants of Hobbiton, a village in the Shire, traveling to meet the hobbit Frodo Baggins, who is struggling with an ancestral legacy of magic and madness he unwittingly inherited from his uncle, Bilbo Baggins, whose story is detailed in The Hobbit. This dark legacy takes the form of a ring, which renders the wearer invisible when worn. However, this magical object is not what it seems, as the users of the Ring must pay a price even unbeknownst to them. The dark influence of the Ring makes itself known as mortals find themselves succumbing to the lust for the Ring, commiting terrible acts to protect and obtain it. As Gandalf comes to warn Frodo of the dangers of the Ring, even more dangers pose themselves. In the colourless south of Middle-earth, within the arid deserts and barren wastelands, there lies the realm of Mordor, a land of death and suffering where the Dark Lord, Sauron, resides. A godly superbeing amassing his armies to obtain the Ring and dominate Middle-earth, Sauron’s power is unrivaled, but he can only achieve his other ends by obtaining the Ring, an artifact of great necromantic power. When messengers from Mordor taking the form of tenebrously-cloaked horsemen arrive and wreak havoc and fear upon the innocents of the Shire, Frodo and Gandalf realize the dangers posed to them. Gandalf warns Frodo of the dangers of Sauron obtaining the Ring, and gives a solution- destroy the Ring in the fires of the Mountain of Mordor. As Gandalf and Frodo amass their own motley fellowship pledged to protect the Ring from Sauron, they feel the dark influence of the Ring affecting them more than ever, and betrayal and horrendous lust for the Ring lead to disaster. As they are pursued by orcs, foul creatures created by torturing elves into warped, repugnant shapes, and other horrific forces of Sauron, Lord of the Rings, they must travel towards the very centre of darkness- the crepuscular realm of Mordor- to destroy the Ring and eradicate the spreading shadow of Sauron over Middle-earth. An epic volume of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring delves into human nature and the lust for power, while simultaneously telling a gripping legend of Middle-earth.

Man, I could get lost in Tolkien’s world and never find my way back and that would be A-oh-kay with me, (at least some of the time, haha0. He really set the standard for the likes of George R.R. Martin and even Shigeru Miyamoto (The Legend of Zelda) to be honest. Tolkien was the first, IMO, to take genre writing and make it transcend the confines of genre writing.

This book is very fun to read and VERY addicting. I love it very much. When I read it I don’t notice anything around me so it feels like I’m in another dimension.

I love it so much and I remember that when I saw the movie I would really like to be in the movie as a elf

It's poor form to change the cover art drastically. There has to be a way to let people keep the art they purchased and let new editions have the new art. The LOTR is great, obviously.

When I read this book, time flies without recognizing. Love it.