"'And Frodo wouldn't have got far without Sam, would he, dad?'
'Now, Mr. Frodo,' said Sam, 'you shouldn't make fun. I was serious.'
'So was I,' said Frodo."

just gonna go cry in some small corner now

Oh Tolkien, how I love your writing and these wonderful characters :,)

The dark times in your life can turn you right back around once you understand them. And turn into light.And The Two Towers is the dark midpoint of Lord of the Rings - a midpoint upon which I became fixated, in 1971, because it represented the root of my deep depression that year.But it also hinted at its cure.In 1971 I was blindly self-obsessed, and because of that vulnerability had been checkmated and rendered hors de combat by the forces of salubrity. Frodo is captured, though, by an evil for...

Not one tower, but TWO towers.You are definitely getting your money's worth here, my friend.Also, less singing here than in the 1st book.But still plenty of singing. <--don't you worry your crusty Hobbit feet about it if that was your jam last time around.Ok, so this one surprised me. I thought it was going to be an absolute chore to get through. Boring walks, long-ass songs, and nothing much in the way of forward plot movement. <--is what I thought this whole book would be like.But NO!Onc...

Check out my YouTube channel where I show my instant reactions upon finishing reading fantasy books. Doesn't quite live up to the hype compared to today's standards, but still a very enjoyable experienceStrangely enough, I didn't read this book until very recently. I wasn't into fantasy books when I was younger, and I figured this wouldn't catch my interest as an adult. And while I did not enjoy this book nearly as much as the fanatics who claim this is the greatest fantasy story every told, ...

4.5/5 stars “It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end… because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing… this shadow. Even darkness must pass.” Friendship, hope, resilience, faith, justice, and bravery; these days, good-hearted with no grey morality characters are...

Bromancing to Mordor while Middle Earth falls to pieces Split personality overkill Golluming through life is a hard task, especially if it´s that freaking long. Too many different psychological, sociological, etc implications to name them all, but poor Smeagols' quest towards looking freaking emo zombie style could easily be seen as the decision between happiness and sadness, the seductive potential of power, or simply the easygoing simplicity of evil. It could also be seen as the perverting en...

The hope for saving Middle-Earth continues! THE FELLOWSHIP IS BROKEN There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for. So much for the fellowship made of representative of the races of good in the Middle-Earth with the task of destroying The One Ring in the hellish fires of Mount Doom, located right inside of Sauron’s domains.Members fell, member got tempted by The One Ring, members got trapped, the journey now has two roads and it’s not certain which way is the right one....

"It’s only a passing thing… this review. Even nerdiness must pass.” The Fellowship has fractured. Frodo and Sam travelling covertly towards Mount Doom; Merry and Pippin captured by orcs; Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli on their trail trying to rescue them. And from two separate fronts, the twin forces of Mordor and Isengard ready to launch their final assault to conquer all Middle Earth. A darkness is spreading over the Realm of Men, and a feeble battered resistance, the only obstacle in their way....

Another Tolkien review? Yep, I’m putting out another Tolkien review. I’m on a mission, a mission to review everything written by Tolkien. And I literally mean everything. I’ve read most of his works, so I’m starting with those first before I move on to the few I haven’t read (there’s not many).This is all preparation, and a readdress of his writings, before I delve into Christopher Tolkien’s twelve book The History of Middle-Earth later on this year. Yep, I’m that much of a Tolkien nerd. I’ve be...