111 Book Review: The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
by J.R.R. Tolkien
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
This book is that star: it is a work of beauty that agitates hope in the human heart at a level no other story dares approach. One novel to rule them all.
TL;DR: Bad-ass, pipe-weed-smoking wizards duke it out over jewelry, but the short people one up them all.
Rating: 11 out of 11 Rings of Power
Get it here:
- IndieBound (print, U.S.)
- Better World Books (print, worldwide)
- Apple Books (electronic)
- Google Play Books (electronic)
- Scribd (audio)
Oh, you liked it? Well then, try: The Hobbit (the children’s prequel) or The Silmarillion (the very adult prequel)
