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The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

8 reviews

celery's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional inspiring slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death, Drug use, Genocide, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

bree_h_reads's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Once again, Andy Serkis does an amazing job narrating. He does really capture the characters and I feel like he kind of channels the performance of the other actors from the movies. His overall way of narrating also conveys the wonder and whimsy and magic of Tolkien's world and descriptions. It's just fun to listen to.

The book is wonderful outside of Serkis' performance of course. Tolkien was an amazing writer. I feel like the way he carries the narrative from description to world building flows so well. While time felt a bit loose and things would just happen, it matched the way the story was told. Like I was reading the old stories of myths and legends and folklore. It was genuinely a very well written, wonderful story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Kidnapping, Alcohol

heather667's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Torture, Murder, Alcohol

Minor: Genocide, Slavery, Death of parent, Colonisation, War

aisabel's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, War

Moderate: Drug use, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture, Stalking, Alcohol, Classism

orchidlilly's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Racism, Torture, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Drug use, Torture, Alcohol, War

shieldbearer's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Andy Serkis' performance really gives a new experience of the text- his ability to accent characters and differentiate voices is helpful, and his emotional reading- tense when action is at its height, smooth when the story flows unharried- is one I found myself thoroughly enjoying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, Murder, Alcohol, War

Minor: Slavery, Colonisation