The fellowship of the ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

Titel: The Fellowship of the ring
Author: J.R.R.Tolkien
Publisher: Grafton
First published: 1954
Pages: 529
Series: Lord of the rings trilogy
Star rating: *****


The first volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure The Lord of the Rings.

In a sleepy village in the Shire a young hobbit is entrusted with an immense task. He must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power - the only thing that prevents the Dark Lord's evil dominion.

Another wonderful tale by Mr. Tolkien. 

This one left off a great deal of time after the Hobbit, but you still got to meet Bilbo and Gandalf and such, and got introduced to a bunch of new characters, that I ended up liking a great deal as well. I think that Frodo's companions are just all to wonderful. I definitely liked the hobbits the best. Pippin, Merry and Sam were just so super awesome. These small little creatures that just end up being really important, and they come with some funny comments in sad spots and all of that and it is just brilliant. Also Strider is just so cool! (And he is played by a danish actor in the movies) He has this secrecy to him, sort of like Gandalf does, and that is just so cool. You just wanna know who he is and where he came from and really just his entire story. 

Also I found that this one was more fast paced then the Hobbit, and that was one of my few problems with the Hobbit, and that was just great. Also just the entire adventure in this one seems a whole lot more meaningful and serious, then that of the hobbit.

Again like in the hobbit the world building is just amazing, I don't even wanna know how long Tolkien spend on getting all of this together, because it is just amazing. There is all of these awesome creatures and awesome enchanting forrests, secret castels, tons of different cultures and it is just remarkable how well thought out this world is. Yes, it is sometimes a little irritating having him describe a tree for an entire page or something like that, but when it comes to imaging the world it really helps to have this amazing description. 

So I really enjoyed this book, the fantasy was again amazing, and by know I have gotten more used to Tolkiens writing style, and all of that. Already started the next and so far it is just as good.