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A review by princessjasminefliesaway
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
5.0
I am a twenty-two-year-old who has never seen a Lord of the Rings film and only one Hobbit film (the second one). This year I wanted to read all four books and then afterwards watch all six films. These are my notes throughout.
What I Already Knew:
- There is a human (Aragorn), an elf (Legolas) a dwarf (Gimli) and four hobbits (Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin).
- There are also three women, known to me as Cate Blanchett, Aragorn’s lover and I AM NO MAN!
- Gandalf the Grey, Gollum and the one ring to rule them all return in this book.
- Sarum is a massive eye thing that can see a lot.
- Christopher Lee plays a white wizard who is actually evil and betrays them all.
- Sean Bean’s character gets killed by a million arrows and also says at one point - you don’t simply walk into Mordor.
- We are introduced to Ents, which are big speaking trees, and Ring-wraiths which I believe are Dementor looking things.
- The Eagles don’t help.
- They take the Hobbits to Isengard-gard-gard-gard-gard.
My Notes:
- In the poem, are the nine mortal men doomed to die a reference to the ring-wraiths?
- The prologue for this was very long and slow, I now understand the complaints on his writing style compared to the Hobbit where it seemed to cut to the action more.
- I wasn’t expecting Bilbo to leave Frodo, I thought it would be more Frodo had to go because Bilbo is too old but you’re never too old for adventures/holidays.
- In this book, you also get to see the ring’s influence on the bearer which I felt was heavily missed in the Hobbit.
- Frodo is very similar to Bilbo, especially with the fact that they both start their first adventure at 50 years old, I did expect Frodo to be a lot younger (mostly due to the film adaptation).
- Plot Twist that was wasted (in my opinion): Gollum’s. It should have been saved for later.
- Goldberry is a character who I hope is in the films but has probably been cut as “she doesn’t advance the plot”.
- Is Tom Bombadil mean to represent God or Tolkien himself within the world?
- Will we ever meet Aragorn, Gimli or Legolas?
- I love how Tolkien summed up what happened to the ponies just so we wouldn’t feel bad for them.
- Why didn’t Frodo point out the horse thief if he spotted him?
- Was Beren and Luthien Tinuviel, the mortal man who loved an elf but was killed before they could be together, the inspiration for Tauriel and Kili?
- Tolkien’s descriptions of women are literally describing goddesses and I am here for it.
- On-Page 240, we finally meet Gimli and Legolas. It’s all coming together!
- Bilbo quoting his own poems in the council meeting is the confidence we strive for.
- Plot Twist that was wasted (in my opinion) 2: Saruman’s. I thought it would be bigger than this.
- I WAS NOT READY FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CAVE! I WAS NOT READY FOR THE LEGENDARY QUOTES OR SCENE! LITERALLY IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE TRILOGY! I WOULD HAVE GUESSED BOOK TWO, AT LEAST!
- Plot Twist that was wasted (in my opinion) 3: Aragorn’s. I thought it would be a bigger deal than it was and I felt like I missed something when it was revealed.
- Finally, I wasn’t expecting the company to split up so soon but at least Frodo has Sam.
What I Already Knew:
- There is a human (Aragorn), an elf (Legolas) a dwarf (Gimli) and four hobbits (Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin).
- There are also three women, known to me as Cate Blanchett, Aragorn’s lover and I AM NO MAN!
- Gandalf the Grey, Gollum and the one ring to rule them all return in this book.
- Sarum is a massive eye thing that can see a lot.
- Christopher Lee plays a white wizard who is actually evil and betrays them all.
- Sean Bean’s character gets killed by a million arrows and also says at one point - you don’t simply walk into Mordor.
- We are introduced to Ents, which are big speaking trees, and Ring-wraiths which I believe are Dementor looking things.
- The Eagles don’t help.
- They take the Hobbits to Isengard-gard-gard-gard-gard.
My Notes:
- In the poem, are the nine mortal men doomed to die a reference to the ring-wraiths?
- The prologue for this was very long and slow, I now understand the complaints on his writing style compared to the Hobbit where it seemed to cut to the action more.
- I wasn’t expecting Bilbo to leave Frodo, I thought it would be more Frodo had to go because Bilbo is too old but you’re never too old for adventures/holidays.
- In this book, you also get to see the ring’s influence on the bearer which I felt was heavily missed in the Hobbit.
- Frodo is very similar to Bilbo, especially with the fact that they both start their first adventure at 50 years old, I did expect Frodo to be a lot younger (mostly due to the film adaptation).
- Plot Twist that was wasted (in my opinion): Gollum’s. It should have been saved for later.
- Goldberry is a character who I hope is in the films but has probably been cut as “she doesn’t advance the plot”.
- Is Tom Bombadil mean to represent God or Tolkien himself within the world?
- Will we ever meet Aragorn, Gimli or Legolas?
- I love how Tolkien summed up what happened to the ponies just so we wouldn’t feel bad for them.
- Why didn’t Frodo point out the horse thief if he spotted him?
- Was Beren and Luthien Tinuviel, the mortal man who loved an elf but was killed before they could be together, the inspiration for Tauriel and Kili?
- Tolkien’s descriptions of women are literally describing goddesses and I am here for it.
- On-Page 240, we finally meet Gimli and Legolas. It’s all coming together!
- Bilbo quoting his own poems in the council meeting is the confidence we strive for.
- Plot Twist that was wasted (in my opinion) 2: Saruman’s. I thought it would be bigger than this.
- I WAS NOT READY FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CAVE! I WAS NOT READY FOR THE LEGENDARY QUOTES OR SCENE! LITERALLY IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE TRILOGY! I WOULD HAVE GUESSED BOOK TWO, AT LEAST!
- Plot Twist that was wasted (in my opinion) 3: Aragorn’s. I thought it would be a bigger deal than it was and I felt like I missed something when it was revealed.
- Finally, I wasn’t expecting the company to split up so soon but at least Frodo has Sam.