Fellowship of the
Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien is the first bound book of the The Lord
of the Rings book. My brother just younger than me gave me a copy of
The Lord of the Rings for Christmas one year. He was
head-over-heels in love with the book (which is incorrectly called a
trilogy, according the author himself) and found out I hadn't read it
yet. He read it before it was the crazy cool thing to do, I must
add… about 25 to 30 years ago!
I neglected it all
that time, thinking I would get to it at some point. Why? I guess
mostly because I thought it was a guys' sort of story. I had seen
the very old animated version of The Hobbit and The Lord of
the Rings, so I wasn't too excited about the book version because I
had not loved the cartoon movies.
After all these
years, I decided to read the books my brother bought for me and
started Fellowship of the Ring. In reading it and beyond, I
have learned that I was correct in that it is very much a guys' read.
Yet, I have not felt myself proved right in the distressing way I
had anticipated. I thought the book (in three bound parts) would be
tiresome and overlong. I guess there might be a couple times where
it does feel a bit of that to me, but not as frequently as I
expected.
Fellowship of the
Ring itself begins with Bilbo leaving the ring he found on his
journey with Frodo. Shortly thereafter, Frodo begins on his own
journey and ends up with a group of other guys traveling along. Some
of those companions are unlikely and certainly seem unfit to travel
together. Still, they form bonds that only those who have traveled
and/or fought together can truly understand.
By the end of
Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo leaves most of the company and
continues on with only one companion, which, of course, leads
directly into the second part of the book which is bound separately.
Have you read
Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien? What did you think of
it? Make sure to tell me whether you're a girl or guy because I
really think it makes a difference.
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