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The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings, Book 1

The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings, Book 1

byJ. R. R. Tolkien
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Kate
5.0 out of 5 starsBeautiful quality hardback edition
Reviewed in Australia on 12 July 2021
Beautifully printed and bound. Dark red cloth hardback cover with illustrated sleeve. In my opinion, the printing and typesetting are very attractive, with the chapter titles in red ink to match the cover. The font is both attractive and optimally legible. The paper feels like it’s good quality; slightly thicker than your standard paperback and very clean and white. It feels lovely on your fingers. The illustrations are beautiful and in full colour. Includes a Bible-style bookmark string (also red). I believe it is worth spending a little bit more for a nice illustrated, hardback book over the paperback - I think it really enhances the experience of reading from a physical book (as many of us who still enjoy physical books do it for a better experience than the cheaper and more convenient ebooks). I definitely recommend this edition if you are going looking to buy the individual volumes one by one (rather than all three in a single book or a box set).
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Bede V Heather
1.0 out of 5 starsThe Streaming licence on this item has expired. I Could not access it.
Reviewed in Australia on 28 October 2020
The poor service of Amazon in accepting my money for this item when it could not be accessed
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Kate
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful quality hardback edition
Reviewed in Australia on 12 July 2021
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Beautifully printed and bound. Dark red cloth hardback cover with illustrated sleeve. In my opinion, the printing and typesetting are very attractive, with the chapter titles in red ink to match the cover. The font is both attractive and optimally legible. The paper feels like it’s good quality; slightly thicker than your standard paperback and very clean and white. It feels lovely on your fingers. The illustrations are beautiful and in full colour. Includes a Bible-style bookmark string (also red). I believe it is worth spending a little bit more for a nice illustrated, hardback book over the paperback - I think it really enhances the experience of reading from a physical book (as many of us who still enjoy physical books do it for a better experience than the cheaper and more convenient ebooks). I definitely recommend this edition if you are going looking to buy the individual volumes one by one (rather than all three in a single book or a box set).
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alexandre
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonerful
Reviewed in Australia on 26 October 2021
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Loved reading this book in English this time, 20 years after I read for the first time in Portuguese. Great background provided about everything, you really understand the characters.
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S L NANCE
4.0 out of 5 stars MLG
Reviewed in Australia on 4 June 2019
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needs explosions

needs funny bitz

needs flashbacks

not mlg enough
so plz toilkien i know ur ded but at east try bit hardsd
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Shiming shen
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
Reviewed in Australia on 17 March 2019
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A true classic, the performance could be a little improved though.
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Bede V Heather
1.0 out of 5 stars The Streaming licence on this item has expired. I Could not access it.
Reviewed in Australia on 28 October 2020
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The poor service of Amazon in accepting my money for this item when it could not be accessed
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Andrew Nestorovic
5.0 out of 5 stars Great novel
Reviewed in Australia on 4 June 2019
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Great read
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Alex Rodrigues
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Reading
Reviewed in Australia on 9 June 2020
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A classic book, I really love it!
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Julie Curley
1.0 out of 5 stars Sterilising a classic.
Reviewed in Australia on 11 March 2019
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I found the narration to be a dull, lifeless monotone that rendered each character impotent. Very disappointed.
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Kathy Grant
5.0 out of 5 stars Service of these books to my Kindle was amazing
Reviewed in Australia on 20 January 2019
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I've always wanted to read these books having seen the DVDs.
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Luke
5.0 out of 5 stars Undeniably phenomenal but not without flaws
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 June 2020
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This book (well this and it's two original companions) pioneered fantasy and are the reason that elves, dwarves, long journeys and so much more are tropes of modern fantasy and have just become part of fantastical world's without explanation. In the 500 pages (only 1/3 of the full journey) this book explored such a variety of people, cultures and lands that it felt like a book of many smaller stories. Truly something special.

However, as mentioned, this book isn't perfect. At times the pacing can be very slow, there's also a LOT of text that is purely long text of the travelling they're doing and the land around them. If the land were fantastical and there were much to see during all of these, it would make sense, but often it is simply written to emphasise the length of their journey. As a result, it can drag and can sometimes take a little rereading.

However I cannot knock this book down for that as it is part of what gives the book its feel. It is supposed to feel like a long journey for naive hobbits travelling much much further than they ever have before and seeing many characters, creatures and cultures they never knew even existed. Can't wait to read the second...but may have a couple days off to build up the concentration levels again.
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