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A review by wannabekingpin
Bored of the Rings: A Parody of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon, Douglas C. Kenney, Henry N. Beard
2.0
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As the title suggest, this is a parody of Lord of the Rings. Absurd kind of humor, which is very much not for everyone, and very much not for me. It felt childish and tasteless majority of the time, and there wasn't a damn joke I found funny, which is disappointing, because I like funny things, and I really wanted funny things, that's why I got the damn book in the first place.
Anyway, Frito gets his heirloom One Ring that can rule all the others, at least those that weren't lost or recalled for manufacturer errors, and thus now has to go on an adventure to destroy this evil thing. The voyage is scary, so first one has to form a Brotherhood, but, really, no one wants to go on this dumb trip, so they just push one another forth, until no one's left and a Brotherhood is formed out of offered up men, not volunteers. Really, no one wanted this adventure.
I can give this book a 2 out of 5, for at least it was well written. Other than that, the puns didn't work, the jokes were childish and not funny, and the dirty stuff was just tasteless. Not for me. For someone maybe tho, because humor is really a personal thing.
As the title suggest, this is a parody of Lord of the Rings. Absurd kind of humor, which is very much not for everyone, and very much not for me. It felt childish and tasteless majority of the time, and there wasn't a damn joke I found funny, which is disappointing, because I like funny things, and I really wanted funny things, that's why I got the damn book in the first place.
Anyway, Frito gets his heirloom One Ring that can rule all the others, at least those that weren't lost or recalled for manufacturer errors, and thus now has to go on an adventure to destroy this evil thing. The voyage is scary, so first one has to form a Brotherhood, but, really, no one wants to go on this dumb trip, so they just push one another forth, until no one's left and a Brotherhood is formed out of offered up men, not volunteers. Really, no one wanted this adventure.
I can give this book a 2 out of 5, for at least it was well written. Other than that, the puns didn't work, the jokes were childish and not funny, and the dirty stuff was just tasteless. Not for me. For someone maybe tho, because humor is really a personal thing.