Seriously? I would read this again every five years just to understand life!!!!!

As this is my fourth or fifth read through of this book, I feel like I don't need to repeat myself and construct a long-winded review on how this is quite easily, my favourite set of books. Instead, I'm going to write a few words on how I feel right at this moment. Coming to the end of LOTR feels like coming home to a comfortable chair, a warm mug of fine coffee, and a large slab of carrot cake with extra cream cheese frosting. It's rather like an old friend, and I'm positive it is one I will re...

3.25 STARS ★★★✬✩ This trilogy is for you if… you possess the stamina and enthusiasm for epic fantasy or simply who want to know the beginnings of the genre The individual reviews for each book in this series can be found here: ⫸ The Hobbit ⫸ The Fellowship of the Ring ⫸ The Two Towers ⫸ The Return of the King ⤐ Overall.Admittedly, this was not one of my favourite reads, not by a long shot. If it weren't for the giddy excitement of finally discovering the literary roots of o...

J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings boxed set isn’t just a collection of fantasy novels. It’s a lifelong companion. If Narnia was my childhood doorway into magic, Middle-earth was the realm that taught me how deeply rooted fantasy could be in the soil of the real — how myth could feel older than time, and yet speak directly to your modern-day, Monday-morning soul. This is one of those rare series that I keep going back to, year after year, not just for the story — but for the s...

دنیای تالکین از زیباترینِ دنیا هاست!

تمام کودکی، نوجوانی، جوانی‌م توانسته‌م از دنیایی که ساخته لذت ببرم.
از هر کتاب کلی چیز یاد گرفتم.

به هرکه بتوانم پیشنهاد میکنم بخواندشون.

It might be a classic, but there are many who have stern reservations about reading this series, partially I suspect due to its length... Well my answer to this is simply: DON'T BE LAZY!My journey within Middle Earth stated as young teenager - my parents gave me 'The Hobbit' as a Christmas present one year and my father and I decided we'd enjoy it together. I think it was the last book he ever read me as a 'bedtime story', but we embarked on the adventures of Bilbo Baggins together and absolutel...

My third time to read The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I read all the poetry and verse this time. I loved these books. They are so different from the typical fiction of this genre. These were so well written, so well thought through. I love how they teach loyalty, fidelity, duty, and love of things more than self. They connect back to the greatness of the past. One other thing, we see that evil gets nervous also and that it will eventually collapse in on itself. In many pieces that ...

It's a genuinely good series. Very inventive and original. The reason I gave it 2 stars is because it was so god damn boring. Descriptions were tedious, fight scenes were tedious. I couldn't wrap my head around the story in general. Sometimes I skimmed whole paragraphs and pages and understood everything that was happening just fine! Honestly, I'm still wondering where the hell I got the patience to sit down and read the whole thing. Especially with so few female characters (thank god for Eowyn)...

Writers who inspire a genre are usually misunderstood. Tolkien's reasons for writing were completely unlike those of the authors he inspired. He didn't have an audience, a genre, and scores of contemporaries. There was a tradition of high adventure fairy tales, as represented by Eddison, Dunsany, Morris, MacDonald, Haggard, and Kipling, but this was only part of what inspired Tolkien.His writing was chiefly influenced by his familiarity with the mythological traditions of the Norse and Welsh cul...

Some will shout with joy, others will scream in derision. However, we can all agree on one thing:

It's long.