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The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

15 reviews

hjb_128's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Alcohol

ethuiliel's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, and Abandonment

bree_h_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Andy Serkis does an amazing job narrating this series, as always. This book continues to follow the trend of Tolkien’s amazing world building. While some feel like they play on some questionable stereotypes, overall I personally didn’t feel like they ruined the books. Tolkien did a great job establishing  tension that suited his story. Furthermore all the characters felt consistent and like complex characters.

My only issue with the book is fairly minor and just has to do with some difficultly keeping track of the timeline. Outside of that it was an excellent read and I really enjoyed it. Listening to these again really reminded me why I fell in love with these books in middle school.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, and War

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and War

glorgona's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: War

Minor: Cannibalism

kayceeisbookish's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, and Grief

squinnittowinit's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

Andy Serkis as the narrator makes this book bearable for me. Tolkien is the master of "tell, don't show". I love the story of Lord of the Rings so much, yet this book was a slog. I actually really enjoyed the first book in comparison because it felt like more happened in it. Or maybe the things that happened in the first book were just more interesting. If I didn't already know how this series ended, I would abandon it after reading The Two Towers. The filmmakers should be praised beyond measure for taking this book and turning it into such an interesting movie.

2.5 stars mostly because the writing is so unengaging. Plus, it's racist and sexist, as can be expected of its time. The rating would have been lower if not for Andy Serkis, he's that good of a narrator.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Grief, and Stalking

Minor: Sexism and Cannibalism

Starvation, giant spiders, paralysis, falling

lorriss's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Gore, Blood, Murder, and War

Minor: Racism, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

pearicareads's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Death, Torture, Kidnapping, and War

manu_k's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Amazingly written, and beautifully immersive. So much better than the first one, where I was constantly frustrated with Frodo. Finally everyone is using their braincells, and the story is moving faster. Love that this book gives more dimension to the 'side-characters' and shows us how every person has something to contribute.

Special shoutout to Sam, who is so gloriously in love, and is honestly one of the more intelligent characters in the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, and War

Minor: Animal death, Torture, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail