Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring J.R. Tolkien 6 points

 I've seen the movies for both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, countless times, but I've never actually read any of the books. I listened to the audiobook that was linked to the reading list profile because I didn't have the time to actually sit down and read it separately from my other work. I have to say, listening to an audiobook for the first time was a little odd, especially sitting in the labs in Kimbrough, where I had to pause it every now in then and rewind it a little bit because the language is a little confusing when I don't have the words in front of my face. 

The amount of times the book utilizes the word queer is impeccable, I  think I listened to it way over 30 times within the first two hours (not sure how many chapters it is because they never really gave chapter numbers through the reading). I think what draws me to the large fantasy world of Middle Earth is how it plays to my sense of adventure. I've always had a very active imagination, hence I always felt like my life was a little mundane. 

I had a hard childhood growing up and I didn't have many friends, so I spent a lot of time alone. I played imaginary exploration games by myself and I read a lot of fantasy books. I love the comradery in fantasy books so, in a sense, I replaced the relationships I didn't have with the ones I was reading about. Overall, The Lord of the Rings does a good job at expressing relationships between people, and though it was almost too wordy, I really liked understanding the ins and outs of the characters. 

I liked the book, but, it is very wordy and sometimes the long descriptions get a little confusing. Sometimes I would forget who the descriptions were being said about or just not understand it at all until like the second time I read it. The journey that Frodo, Merry, Sam, and Pippin take is really interesting and I love all the little twists that happen along the way, like when Frodo was singing the song at the inn and vanished in front of the audience. 

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