Book Report (February 7th, 2007)

Book report on my favorite read English novel : The Lord of the Rings

Published between 1954 and 1956, the three tomes of "The Lord of the Rings" written by J. R. R. Tolkien sets the reader in a fantastic world unpreviously thought. This book is indeed a sequel of "The Hobbit", a tale about Bilbo Baggings and the founding of the ring, but it is of much greater substance and beauty. The three volumes were given the titles of "The Fellowship of the Ring", "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King".

The first book slowly brings forth throughout many perils and doings a young Hobbit from the Shire named Frodo Baggins who, due to the burden of fate, shapes the future of Middle Earth. Later on the following books, while he suffers the sorcery of the "One ring", the mightiest craft of the Dark Lord Sauron, his quest to destroy it in the depths of Mount Doom brings him to face all the wonders and horrors of his world. While the quest gets further on, the scars left by the ring on Frodo's mind rise as well.

The second tome shows the expansion of the two evils, Saruman of Orthanc and Sauron of Barad-dûr. Finally, the last book is about the war that shall fix the end of the Third Era, for good or ill, as man reunite again under the banner of king aragorn.

This epic story of fate, friendship, life and death will make the reader discover the unique land of Middle Earth filled with strange creatures like the Ents, twisted ones like Gollum, mysterious evils like the Nazgûl, puzzled wizard like Gandalf the Grey and even such magnificient people as the elves. "The Lord of the Ring" is a must-read to anyway who likes fantastic or epic stories, and highly recommanded to everyone else.