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Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2019
Read this book for the first time ever in its original language and form (the foreword states it's the go-to edition) and I was disappointed exactly zero times. You see, even Martin can (and does) get tedious every now and then. Not Tolkien. Carefully crafted writing, vivid imagery, relatable characters. Yes, they aren't that multilayered as those in the ASOIAF, but they sure ain't as black and white either, as some would make you believe. Take Gollum, Boromir, even Bilbo, for instance. We see their internal struggle many a time.
The pacing is spot on and you hardly want to skim through anything, because every detail counts and ultimately adds to an exquisite bigger picture.
I loved every single description of the nature: every sunset and sunrise, every gray morning and starry night, every moor and craggy peak. They are presented in such a way as to help you see them with your own heart
I can't wait to read on, to you have a look at The Two Towers and The Return Of The King afterwards, because this is where the power of the English language, the notion of doing the right thing, the turf war on the global scale are at their best and simply unrivalled.
I wish the movies - however great they are and however good Peter Jackson as a director is - did the books justice and let's hope we'll live to see that day when there is a movie or a series (even better) worthy of the master's writing and vision.
For now though, I'll contend myself with coming back to this masterpiece, telling about it to anyone who'd listen and reading it aloud to my kids and having the faintest hope... of seeing the lady Galadriel in real life one day.
The pacing is spot on and you hardly want to skim through anything, because every detail counts and ultimately adds to an exquisite bigger picture.
I loved every single description of the nature: every sunset and sunrise, every gray morning and starry night, every moor and craggy peak. They are presented in such a way as to help you see them with your own heart
I can't wait to read on, to you have a look at The Two Towers and The Return Of The King afterwards, because this is where the power of the English language, the notion of doing the right thing, the turf war on the global scale are at their best and simply unrivalled.
I wish the movies - however great they are and however good Peter Jackson as a director is - did the books justice and let's hope we'll live to see that day when there is a movie or a series (even better) worthy of the master's writing and vision.
For now though, I'll contend myself with coming back to this masterpiece, telling about it to anyone who'd listen and reading it aloud to my kids and having the faintest hope... of seeing the lady Galadriel in real life one day.
