The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

This is one of my favorite books. The world building is superb, the characters are distinct and worth reading about, and the stakes are high. I fell in love with Middle Earth, and with hobbits, after reading this book. This story is vividly imagined and worth reading again and again.

Reader reviewed by merenwen

The Fellowship of the Ring is a great book. I watched the movie beforehand and read the book right after and didn't quite understand it. I reread it recently and could really appreciate what a talented writer J.R.R. Tolkien was.  The book follows the beginning of Frodo Baggin's journey to destroy the One Ring.

Reader reviewed by 756

The black horses were filled with madness, and leaping forward in terror they bore their riders into the rushing flood. Their piercing cries were drowned in the roaring of the river as it carried them away. Then Frodo felt himself falling, and the roaring and confusion seemed to rise and engulf him
together with his enemies. He heard and saw no more.

That is the end of the first half of The Fellowship of the Ring, the first book in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Fellowship of the Ring is a fantasy book and is told in third person point of view. I really liked the book. It was long and had small print, but was still fun to read. It is a lot different from the movie. You have to put a lot of time into reading it.

The book is about a hobbit named Frodo who lives in the Shire with his uncle Bilbo. On Bilbos one hundred eleventh birthday Gandalf the wizard to do one his famous fireworks shows. Bilbo disappears while giving a speech and Gandalf finds it is the ring Bilbo made him disappear and is making him live longer. Gandalf asks to see the ring and Bilbo, who has become so attached to it wouldnt let it go. Eventually Bilbo gave Gandalf the ring and Bilbo left the Shire.

Gandalf told Frodo that he had to take the ring to Mt. Doom in Mordor to destroy it in the volcano. The ring was an evil ring created by Sauron and can only be destroyed in Mt. Doom. Frodo and his friends Sam, Merry, and Pippin set off to destroy the ring in Mt. Doom. Along the way they met some strange people. Such as Tom Bombadil. He lives in the woods and saved the hobbits from man-eating trees by singing to the trees. He also gave them plenty of food and provisions. They are also being chased by evil Ringwraiths who are trying to get the ring and bring to Suaron. They also meet Strider, a man who was given special orders by Gandalf to help the hobbits, and some elves who help them on their journey to Mordor.

Reader reviewed by Mairi

When Frodo's elderly cousin Bilbo leaves the hobbit hole the two share after a birthday celebration Frodo finds himself the owner of the magical ring Bilbo won from Gollum, which turns the wearer invisible. Years pass, and Frodo is growing rather fond of the ring when Gandalf, a wizard who was once a friend of Bilbo and is now a friend of Frodo, arrives with grave news and commands Bilbo to take the ring to the House of Elrond, to Rivendell.

I very rarely admit this, but when I first read this book I hated it, but for some reason I have not yet worked out I read it again, and again, and again, until it grew on me like mold. When my parents got me a copy of it for my birthday last year I was so happy I nearly cried, and since then there has never been a day when I do not have a bookmark somewhere in Lord of the Rings.

I strongly recommend this book to anyone, and suggest you read it a few times through because it just gets better and better and better.

Reader reviewed by Jessica M.

This book is the best fantasy I have ever read, and I have read the Harry Potter series. The book is about Frodo Baggins who sets off on a quest to destroy the evil Sauron's Ring. Others soon join him and they become the Fellowship. It takes too long to explain the story. The movies are awesome too. I am definetly going to read the rest of the trilogy.

Reader reviewed by Marietta

The Fellowship of the Ring is the first part of the famous J. R. R. Tolkein's trilogy The Lord of the Rings, which the superb writing skills of the author make a delight to read.


The story takes place in the Middle-earth. It's about a young hobbit named Frodo who has inherited a mysterious golden ring. Forces of evil, led by Sauron, the dark Lord of Mordor, are searching for The Ring, because whoever owns it will have the power to rule the world. So, Frodo has to deliver The Ring to the Mount Doom, the only place where it could be destroyed. Filled with amazing creatures, such as orcs, dwarves and walking trees, the book leaves a long-lasting impression on the reader.


I like The Fellowship of the Ring because it's really breath-taking. I think J. R. R. Tolkein is extremely successful in creating the different characters in the book, showing both their individuality and the way they join together to overcome the numerous obstacles and challenges in the name of their important task.


The Fellowship of the Ring is rich and detailed in plot. Fast moving, gloomy or immensely amusing at times, it has something for everyone. Tolkein skillfully introduces magnificent descriptions of nature and the book is abundant with many interesting dialogues, which all readers would enjoy.


The Fellowship of the Ring is a universal story of hope, courage, love, of good triumphing over evil and the cost of such victory - a book which is worth reading!

Reader reviewed by Crystal

I was and always will be blown away by the amazing amount of depth that the books of the Lord of the Rings trilogy hold. While I was reading the Fellowship of the Ring I never felt like I was reading a story, but a history. The breathtaking worlds and endearing characters that Tolkein has created will be with me always. Though the Fellowship of the Ring is classified as a Fantasy, once you read it you will begin to feel that it is all real. Frodo and his companions begin what seems like a simple journey in the Fellowship and upon coming to Rivendell and hearing the full truth of what their journey will ultimately encompass they realize that it is no small matter at all. I'm captivated at the commeradery in the Fellowship, the nine companions always there for one another, even if it means risking their own life for another. In our modern times of troubles and lacking relationships it warms my heart to know I can turn to the Fellowship of the Ring and find all that my day may be lacking at the time. A book filled with intrigue, excitement, love and spirit it's not one that should be passed up but read over and over again!

Reader reviewed by Mike

The Fellowship is one of my all-time favorite books. I have read it 8 or 9 times.

J.R.R. Tolkien as a child was involved in a literature club, in which he entertained fantasies and a world of chivalry which he thought had been lost to this world. The Fellowship is one of his first books pertaining to his great creation: Middle Earth.

If you read The Hobbit, (which I recommend reading first before anything else) you will become well aquainted with Hobbits, the small but doughty people of the shire.

The main character of the story is Frodo Baggins, who possesses a magic ring passed on to him by his uncle, Bilbo. The ring seems at first a mere quaint and trivial item with which to hide from nosy outsiders. But Gandalf, the grey wizard of ancient origin, has a hunch that this is otherwise. In the Chapter- The Shadow of the Past, Frodo finds out that the ring is more deadly, dark, and terrifying than anything beyond his comprehension. If a person holds this ring, before long it would possess him, and in the end- devour him. He would be a living nothing, and shadow. He would fade. This was the one ring which the Dark Lord Sauron needed to cover all the lands in a second darkness. So begins a quest to destroy the ring in the only place it can be: Orodruin, Mount Doom in the western toungue, the place where it was made. Mt. Doom lies in faraway Mordor, the lair of the Dark Lord.

Thus it begins, from Frodo's doorstep the the Land of Mordor. This Book is all about his journey, with eight Companions, dubbed- the Fellowship. Representatives from each race were chosen, on a mission to destroy the ring.
The rest that follows is for you to read.

Let me warn you- the books are far better than the movies. They may go slow at first, but that only adds depth to it. Stick to it, and you will be glad. But I do recommend you read the Hobbit first if you have not.

Happy Reading~~

Reader reviewed by Daerkpaw

One Ring to rule them all...

This book is responsible for the existence of fantasy literature. This
is the book that you can blame everything from Harry Potter to Star
Wars on. This book is very good.

It's good because it's exciting, action-packed, funny, and sometimes
frightening. It's also good because of the character development, the
incredible history contained in it, and because of the wonder of it
all. This book got me reading fantasy, a genre that I love, and it's a
book I reread every year at least once.

That's probably enough on how good it is. If you don't yet know the
plot, I'd be a very bad person to reveal much of it to you, because if
you don't read this book you'll probably watch the movie anyway, but
here's the basics, or at least how it starts:

There's a Hobbit, a short guy who's part of a whole species of short
guys, and there's a ring. The ring turns you invisible when you put it
on, and for the first chapter or so, all seems dandy. It's not.

Actually, I'm gonna leave it at that. I'll just say that before the
book is over there will be great evil battled, friends corrupted,
mortal wounds received, and much tears, and much laughter. The book
starts off kind of slow, at least for some people, but once that part
is over, it gets good and stays good.

This book isn't everybody's favorite, but hey, Tolkien got declared the
best Science Fiction writer ever because of this piece of writing. A
lot of people like this book very very much.