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The Fellowship Of The Ring - J. R. R. Tolkien

The Fellowship Of The Ring

By J. R. R. Tolkien

  • Release Date: 2012-02-15
  • Genre: Classics
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 569 Ratings

Description

Begin your journey into Middle-earth...

The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

The Fellowship of the Ring is the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure The Lord of the Rings.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power—the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring—the ring that rules them all—which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.

Reviews

  • Amazing

    5
    By Bobby-Bobbylobb
    An adventure you will never forget. And every few years you will yearn for it like the Hobbits to the Shire.
  • Timeless Classic

    5
    By Whatdidmarksay
    There is absolutely nothing I can say about this book that hasn’t been said by people far more knowledgeable than me. I saw the movies before I read it, and found so much symmetry, as you’d expect. Tolkien describes everything in minute detail, and the pacing excellent. There’s really nothing new that I can say here. If you love high fantasy and action, it’s a timeless classic for a reason.
  • Nothing like the Peter Jackson film

    5
    By Insane2ko
    The movie took so many liberties on the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship Of the Ring. If I had to put a number on it, only about 15% of the actual Tolkien book made it to film production. Even with that, the parts that did make it in, roles and dialogues were given to other characters not matching the book’s. I had not realized how in depth Tolkien describes scenes (It seems to be more prevalent than actual dialogue). Nevertheless, the book was a great read. Clearly the film has more action. But the book has more depth in the action scenes than the film does (and much more detail). It was a really good read. However, if you’re not a big reader, I recommend only reading the first 5 chapters (skip the prologue. It is Hobbit lore; kind of boring unless you’re into that) and then skip to the second part of this volume (the second book of “The Fellowship of the Ring”). You will be skipping 5 chapters. I recommend finding a detailed summary of what happens in these chapters. The reason why I say this is because a lot of this part seems to be not fully relevant to the overall plot of the Lord of the Rings and is a lot of traveling outside of the Shire and travel to Bree. The film already does somewhat of a good job in highlighting that part. So, if you’ve seen the film, and as long as you get a good summary of the next 5 chapters after 5, then you won’t be missing much. The book really starts to pick up at chapter two (or “The Council of Elrond”). Overall, this was great work and way different than the film (rewarding to read). I look forward to reading the next two volumes.
  • Excellent book

    5
    By MJ Short For Micheal Jordan
    My Mom and i went to a cruise in Sydney Australia One of the excursion places we went to was Lord Of The Rings studio tour and from outside where the film set Lord Of The Rings was filmed
  • 💝💝💝

    5
    By 🇨🇦🏔👍
    I love them all
  • Thanks To Tolkien

    5
    By kyjo01
    No words are needed or could do it justice, so I will just say thank you!
  • One of The Best Reads of My Life

    5
    By bassynater2500
    Few books have charmed me in a way where I became spellbound, unable to look away, mindlessly and tirelessly flipping pages until I found myself at the end. An immersive read that carries you away to the lands of Middle-Earth; caught in the in between of good and evil. So many beautifully written characters and moments between them truly showcasing a world diverse and yet unified in the same desires to quell the evil that rests over the land like a dark shadow. An exquisite moment in writing that creates an entire world that you can truly believe in.
  • LOTR

    5
    By EliTheElephant27
    Got me back into reading and now I am obsessed with fantasy
  • Worth the effort

    4
    By Book_Blonde
    The language the author uses is lost upon is in the modern world, and can come across as difficult to understand and read, but the world is improved tenfold because of it. Legolas is my fav character.
  • The Fellowship of the Ring- a fantasy phenomenon

    5
    By Akskjdjauiekkandhkql
    The epitome of contemporary fantasy literature, the first volume of the prestigious Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, is certainly deserving of its reputation in the literary world as one of the most influential and well-written books in history. J. R. R. Tolkien introduced readers to the meticulously crafted and intricately detailed realm of Middle-earth, where magic runs rampant and the very earth is forged by supernatural beings of legend. Hidden from the dangers and delights of the fantastic outside world are the villages and towns of the Shire, a seemingly mundane region where the inhabitants, a diminutive race of innocent humanoids known as hobbits, live serene, happy lives, often never leaving the safety of their picturesque countryside communities and venturing into the wilderness of Middle-Earth. The Fellowship of the Ring begins with Gandalf, a legendary being channeling unfathomable supernatural energies masquerading as a cheerful, venerable entertainer beloved by the inhabitants of Hobbiton, a village in the Shire, traveling to meet the hobbit Frodo Baggins, who is struggling with an ancestral legacy of magic and madness he unwittingly inherited from his uncle, Bilbo Baggins, whose story is detailed in The Hobbit. This dark legacy takes the form of a ring, which renders the wearer invisible when worn. However, this magical object is not what it seems, as the users of the Ring must pay a price even unbeknownst to them. The dark influence of the Ring makes itself known as mortals find themselves succumbing to the lust for the Ring, commiting terrible acts to protect and obtain it. As Gandalf comes to warn Frodo of the dangers of the Ring, even more dangers pose themselves. In the colourless south of Middle-earth, within the arid deserts and barren wastelands, there lies the realm of Mordor, a land of death and suffering where the Dark Lord, Sauron, resides. A godly superbeing amassing his armies to obtain the Ring and dominate Middle-earth, Sauron’s power is unrivaled, but he can only achieve his other ends by obtaining the Ring, an artifact of great necromantic power. When messengers from Mordor taking the form of tenebrously-cloaked horsemen arrive and wreak havoc and fear upon the innocents of the Shire, Frodo and Gandalf realize the dangers posed to them. Gandalf warns Frodo of the dangers of Sauron obtaining the Ring, and gives a solution- destroy the Ring in the fires of the Mountain of Mordor. As Gandalf and Frodo amass their own motley fellowship pledged to protect the Ring from Sauron, they feel the dark influence of the Ring affecting them more than ever, and betrayal and horrendous lust for the Ring lead to disaster. As they are pursued by orcs, foul creatures created by torturing elves into warped, repugnant shapes, and other horrific forces of Sauron, Lord of the Rings, they must travel towards the very centre of darkness- the crepuscular realm of Mordor- to destroy the Ring and eradicate the spreading shadow of Sauron over Middle-earth. An epic volume of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring delves into human nature and the lust for power, while simultaneously telling a gripping legend of Middle-earth.
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