The Two Towers,
the second bound part of The Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R.
Tolkien continues to follow Frodo on his journey to dispose of the
ring that rules them all.
I do like this book,
even though I thought I wouldn't based on my experience with the very
old animated movie version of it, because it is easy to enter the
tale and imagine the world of Middle Earth. Frodo, Sam, and Gollum
are pretty well established characters by the end of The
Fellowship of the Ring. As a result, getting into the story, as
it were, is very easy to do.
As I read, I
wondered how many guys identify more with Frodo or Sam. I cannot
really imagine any identifying with Gollum, though I certainly could
be wrong. For me, I enjoyed reading more reading as an observer,
rather than sort of 'being' one of the characters.
Because I haven't
seen the live-action movie version of this book and it's been decades
since I saw the cartoon, I have few visual interferences. I
definitely prefer to read books before seeing their movie version
because the movie in my head is way better than anything I've yet
seen on the screen.
Have you read The
Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien? What did you think of it?
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