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The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

19 reviews

dayoldtea's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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shay43geek's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional lighthearted tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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hjb_128's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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natashalg's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

During the first book, I didn't understand why people found the storyline boring...now I get it. I feel like most of the book is the characters walking/traveling somewhere and instead of focusing on the characters themselves, the book mainly focuses on explanations and descriptions. I wound up skimming the last half of the book and only fully reading the conversational parts. I'm hoping the last book is more exciting and this was just more of a "Second Book" experience (i.e. squeals are normally not great)
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miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Theres this giant ass spider who been around like since the birth of time basically and ur telling me no one has every stabbed it even a little bit before??
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woweewhoa's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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lorriss's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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manu_k's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Amazingly written, and beautifully immersive. So much better than the first one, where I was constantly frustrated with Frodo. Finally everyone is using their braincells, and the story is moving faster. Love that this book gives more dimension to the 'side-characters' and shows us how every person has something to contribute.

Special shoutout to Sam, who is so gloriously in love, and is honestly one of the more intelligent characters in the story.
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masucolmusings's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

second half of the book really hooked me in, i just LOVE sam and frodo's relationship and how it develops. the series takes a darker and more despondent tone since it's unknown if the battle between good and evil will turn out well for the world and the characters in the book. i did like the first half, but the second half is what's *chefs kiss* and why i love the series.
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achingallover's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

there's a definite dip in the middle of this one, and the racism/classism is more overt, but... faramir <3 <3 <3 treebeard!!! and sam's decision and internal monologue in andy serkis' voice is a++
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