Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

17 reviews

i_write_on_occasion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

A very enjoyable read. A fun, classic, adventure. There is quite a bit of info-dumping and the reading is dense, but the overall experience is great

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Death, Xenophobia, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol

mnatale100's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Mental illness, and Xenophobia

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Alcohol

parenthesis_enjoyer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

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

4.0

not much to say about Fellowship that hasn't already been said, but as for this edition: Actually it was really quite good! Serkis does great character voices as expected and has a lovely storytelling cadence. I just wish he'd done all the songs justice. Some of them he does render beautifully but it's uneven, with others (especially Tom Bombadil's) being extremely grating

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death and War

Minor: Alcohol, Xenophobia, and Blood

parenthesis_enjoyer's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring slow-paced

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

4.0

this is an absolute classic of high fantasy with (imo) a very engaging look into its deep, DEEP lore, but the long, flower descriptions are certainly not for everyone, and it is very traditional in its values and the diversity on offer. Very much not a modern book by modern standards. The cast is majority male, birth and status is important, "Race" is important, and so on

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: War and Animal death

Minor: Xenophobia, Blood, and Alcohol

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

My gut says 3 ⭐️s so I am listening to her. I HAVE DONE IT. I HAVE DONE THE THING. This book has been on my TBR since at least 2014, realistically much longer. I listened to this on audio, since I could never seem to force my eyes to read it. It worked out well, although Rob Inglis singing to me will likely haunt my dreams for the foreseeable future. I didn't hate it. But I also knew all the plot beats from the movie, so who knows how I really feel about the book? I don't think I'm going to be continuing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, and Confinement

bookish_bry's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

3.75

The Lord of the Rings is, of course, a classic. It's very well written and beautiful with a spectacular world. That being said, it's not really my type of book. I tend to lean more towards emotional and character driven stories which isn't always what we get in the Lord of the Rings. The Lord of the Rings is more of an epic adventure than an emotional introspective story. I definitely did enjoy and appreciate it. I especially liked the way

Spoiler

Gandalf's "death" happens and the reactions to it. Really I liked a lot of the part where Gandalf was present, but unfortunately that was only the middle of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Grief

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Xenophobia

achingallover's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

4.5

I cannot be objective about this, but also it is just so good. The feeling of grief for the times long past, and the things they must do. 

Serkis is of course an excellent narrator as well.

Bilbo's parting song, Gimli leaving Lorien, Boromir's moment of temptation, Sam... just Sam... I love it and I definitely am not crying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Grief, Xenophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Death of parent

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Xenophobia, Death, and Violence

Minor: Drug use, Confinement, Torture, War, Alcohol, and Animal death

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Stalking, Ableism, Animal death, Xenophobia, and Racism

naomi_k's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death and Blood

Minor: War and Xenophobia