Unapologetic Reviews

I read this book for a special class on the book at the University of Szeged, where I was a student. It was a great way to read The Silmarillion . I had the opportunity to go through every story bit by bit, and discuss them. The Silmarillion is a collection of stories from the beginning of Arda up to the events in The Hobbit . The first part in the book is the Ainulindalë and the Valaquenta. These have even more difficult language than the rest of the book. They are the creation story, so J.R.R. Tolkien wrote it in a language similar to the Holy Bible: King James Version . The rest of the book is more exciting. It gives a deeper meaning to the whole World, and uncovers some background that makes the interactions between characters in the other books more understandable. The book encompasses a lot of time, and a lot of people. Often it was hard to remember who was who, especially because Tolkien was in the habit of naming his characters similarly. The list of characters, an...

I read The Lord of the Rings at the urging of my mother, who said she read somewhere that it was a significant book in English Literature. I didn't read it exactly when she said it, because I wanted to read it in its original form. So in 2002, I decided that my English had progressed enough. The story is very engaging and complex. The world has a lot of characters, with a lot of background. It's not a light read. The language is not easy. There are many thorough descriptions. Some I started to skip after a while. The story is divided into three parts. The Fellowship of the Ring is about how the main character, a hobbit named Frodo gets together with a rag-tag group of humans, elves, dwarf, wizard and other hobbits. They have a task. It was the best part. I loved the elven places in it, and the many adventures during the voyage. The team interacted very well together. In the second part, The Two Towers , we see many places in the world as the characters travel. However, th...