Wednesday 9 April 2014

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

Frodo, son of Drogo and nephew of the famous Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit, lives with Bilbo in the Shire. Bilbo is having some problems with Gandalf, the wizard, who is telling him to get rid of the ring and pass it on to Frodo. The ring can get too powerful, almost like an addiction. You don't choose the ring, the ring chooses you...

Bilbo is having trouble with the Took family. Even though he is partially Took, they still want his house. Why is it fair that he's gone on all these adventures to kill a so-called dragon and come back with all these riches? Surely he could go and build a bigger house somewhere else? Bilbo says that he was going to give the house away to the Tooks and the ring to Frodo and buy a smaller house in another nearby town in Middle Earth. Bilbo gives a leaving party in his huge pavilion and invites everyone in the village of the Shire to come. Gandalf creates his famous fireworks and stuns the crowd of Hobbits. And then, after his leaving speech, Bilbo puts on the ring...and vanishes. As you know, if you've read the Hobbit then you probably know that the ring, when put on, makes you vanish into thin air. It is one of the three most powerful weapons in Middle Earth and if it falls into enemy hands can cause catastrophic damage.

Frodo is talking with Gandalf in Bilbo's hole. All the furniture is being replaced with the Tooks' items. Gandalf needs Frodo to go on a quest and allows him to take one other companion. Gandalf overhears something outside. An eavesdropper. He whizzes out of the door like a bolt of lightning and picks up the gardener Sam Gamgee. "How much have you heard?" "Barely anything...I was just gardening...I couldn't help it. Please spare me, oh mighty Gandalf!"
"This is exactly the person who will assist you on your journey; after all, he has heard too much." And so the epic quest begins...

I think that J.R.R. Tolkien is a real wizard with words. The intro might be a bit long but once you get past that and into the real fizz of the book you will end up really enjoying it. After all, the intro is needed for those who haven't read the Hobbit.


RATING: 9/10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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