The Lord of The Rings: Part 2

The Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring  by J.R.R. Tolkien is getting more and more exiting since where I left off at the Weathertop scene. At Weathertop Frodo got stabbed by an evil creature, a Ringwraith, who used a poisoned blade. The suspense is very present because only Elven power can heal him and the only elf who is powerful enough to is Elrond, the elf lord. They have to get to Rivendale quickly, and with more Ringwraiths on their tale! They arrive after a big scare with the Ringwraiths. Frodo meets his uncle there also, and at a council that they find out that a trusted wizard friend, Saruman, has betrayed them and joined the Dark Lord Sauron. Elrond sends Frodo out with his three hobbit-freinds, Gandalf, Strider and another man, an elf, and a dwarf. They set off for a mountain pass, but a series of events turns them back. They then have to go through the perilous Mines of Moria. In Moria they battle orcs and their is an epic duel between the wizard Gandalf and a balrog, a fiery demon. They escape from the chasm of Moria, but with a great loss. They then stop and rest at the most beautiful elven city of Galadrim. They are given food and gifts and go down the Great River, they are attacked by orcs along the way, and are followed! They come to the shore of the lawn of Ammon Hen where an event that effects the rest the story happens.

The story, which I mentioned earlier, is boring in the beginning, but only because Tolkien is giving all the background information that you need to know so that the rest of the book will be more exiting. there is not a hint of boringness from the start of the fellowships journey, till the end of the book! My favorite part in the book is the duel between Gandalf and the balrog. Tolkien makes the writing suspenseful and brings a vivid image into your head. This is probably the best book I have read so far and I want to read the sequels. The movies are great if you haven't seen them The Fellowship of the ring, The Two Towers,and TheReturnoftheKing        

The Lord of the Rings

I have started reading the book The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien. I decided to read it because I have seen and love the movies. It's about a hobbit, a human-like race that are shorter than dwarfs. They love to eat, and are inclined to be fat. They live in a beautiful country called the shire, which is surrounded by the protection of mountains, forests and kingdoms of men. The hobbit that this book is about, Frodo, has an uncle who's been on lots of adventures in his life, he wants to travel to the elven city of Rivendale, and he leaves all his possessions to Frodo. Frodo learns from his friend Gandalf the wizard that a mysterious ring of his uncles is actually the one ring of power forged by the dark lord Sauron the great enemy. Gandalf prepares Frodo, over a period of time, to get the ring to safety. With his hobbit friends Pippin and Sam.

The first quarter or so of the book is a bit boring, but as I've been reading the book seems to get better and better with every page. I think Tolkien is to descriptive of the part when Gandalf is telling Frodo about the one ring, and gathering information for the journey. He seems to have dragged that part of the book on and on. they travel to a town called Bree where they meet up with a mysterious ranger that everyone calls Strider. He becomes their guide and  leads them to a hill called Weathertop where they meet danger face to face. So far, the book has been a little boring but ultimately, it is a very well- written exiting book. One of the elements that adds so much depth to the story is the history of middle earth. There races, creatures, and even whole languages that Tolkien came up with for this book, and besides that there is a whole history he wrote about in a book called the Sillmarilion. That book is much more boring to me, but it tells about all the major historical events of middle earth which history lovers would enjoy. I would recommend this book to anybody who like action and adventure novels, and people who like history and culture.   

Black Friday Book Review

I picked the book Black Friday by Tim LaHaye and Bob DeMoss because I read the back and it sounded like an exiting action mystery. It was a thin book and looked like a short read also. It had a good introduction and it hooked me for a while, but then it turened out to be a pro-life medical drama about these teens trying to uncover a un-licenced abortion doctor who in the end tries to terminate the teens lives.

As a christian, I agreed with the veiws of the book, but the plot was a bit predictable and the book was cheesy at a few parts. By the direction that the book was heading, it was too easy to predict the end of the book. I have to say,though, that it was suspensful at a few parts and leaves you wondering what's going to happen. Most of what I predicted turned out to be what happened at the end of the book; Jodi escapes the clinic, Gus get captured and is threatened with his life, but don't worry, the police come and save everyone in the end.

Overall the book was okay ( if you are a pro-lifer), but the looks of the cover deceive you into thinking it's an action thriller. It had a good begining, as I said earlier, which was very descripive and also deceives you into thinking it's an action thriller. The meat of the book had a little suspence and was a little corney. The end was very predictable and definitly not original. If your a pro-lifer, and looking for a quick read this is a book for you. I, however, didn't like it that much.