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Fimbulwinter
4.0 out of 5 stars An uneventful tale, beautifully told.
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2024
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Reading this classic for the first time was an interesting experience.

I was not captivated by the plot or the characters. Those are the two bulletpoints I value most in a book. So I found the reading experience overall slow and uneventful. To be fair, how much of that was because I anticipated most of the major twists due to pre-existing knowledge gained from the movies and internet memes.

The prose is beautiful and varied, and the words depicted a colorful world and practically drowned me in its histories and lore.
Some (a lot) of it unfortunately are not great experiences on audiobook. Though I have to admit I quite enjoyed Rob Inglis's singing!!

I fully intend to come back and reread the book at a more leisure pace and I suspect I will enjoy it much more the second time around.
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The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, 1)
byJ.R.R. Tolkien
4.8 out of 5 stars
23,781 global ratings