Hello everybody, here welcome back to another book review today. We are talking about the second book in our Lord of the Rearides giant buddy group buddy read but Group read buddy read whatever you want to call it that is a fellowship of the ring and yes It's book two because we did the Hobbit first but before we jump into the review I am going to ask this fantastic Literary book of answers by Carol Bolt whether or not we should go directly into the two towers or if I Should wait a week and kind of decompress you'll figure out why I'm asking in just a second. So let's Throw open the book and says clear the ground that you may Clear the ground that you may by James Phenomore Cooper from the pioneers I don't know if you can read that or not But I take that as saying it says clear the ground that you may so I'm gonna go ahead and finish up all the reads that I have left I only got a hundred pages of the shining left. I got I'm not gonna finish up jacks Sparks because last days of jack sparks because I got probably 200 pages left of that and then I have about 50% Left of the the Lisa jewel book the family upstairs and I'm reading so I'm at least gonna finish The shining first. So that's what that's what I'm gonna do you guys can jump into the to the two towers if you want to We're gonna put that back there and we're gonna go ahead and go full on into the fellowship of the rings review I This book was something else it was a pain. It was a slog It had some great moments in it, but for the most part. I was bored out of my fucking mind There's so much sitting around and talking and preparing and getting to know one another can know you Getting to know all about you. I just I Was kind of done with it by the time the interesting stuff started which is unfortunate But it's the truth So many people had warned me how boring the the trilogy is I don't remember it being this boring I really blew through the three books. I believe it was right before the movies came out I blew through all three books without stopping. I have a nice bit I should I should have brought that out. I'll bring it out for two towers. I have a nice big Co it's not it's not even an omnibus really it's the way the book was intended to be read Which is one big thousand page book and I have that version of the book in a I can't hofflin mifflin or whatever one if you guys remember from my Hobbit review I have that version in the I have the Lord of the Rings in that kind of version is the same publisher I'll bring that out for the next one or the last one if I can remember But yeah, so this one was a struggle in fact if it wasn't a buddy read I probably would equip Because I was so bored Three force of this book is just utterly Droning just boredom for me and I hate that but it is everything that I hate about fantasy Is in this book All the the world building and my buddy Wayne Fenman he quit it because he couldn't stand the songs He was tired of the songs he's doing the audiobook. I did audiobook I jumped back and forth because I was so bored. I listened to the audiobook some I listened to and I just I completely skipped past the Songs and then I went back and I read the songs Because they're very easy to find in the book all you got to do is Well, of course I would go to the back of the book where there isn't as many but you know They're really easy because they're they look like poetry so because they basically are but in lyric form I Want to say I recommend this book just because I know more stuff happens in the two towers and plenty more happens in the return of the king But I can't the the beginning of this this book is It's not just the beginning. It's the first three force of the book is utterly boring It's literally them just walking from place to place not really getting into too much trouble. There is a joke in Clurch to Kevin Smith's clerks part two where Jason Muse or no is it Jason Muse? I don't think it is Jason Muse. It's a What's his name? Wow? I can't even remember the do's name not the main character but his buddy his little sidekick, dude And not Jay and Silent Bob I know them, but I can't remember the guy's name But he's joking about how Star Wars is better because all Lord of the Rings is it just a bunch of people walking from point A to point B And that's pretty much what this first book is Yeah, I was I was bored that even the exciting parts like them Escaping from the NAS school that that kind of thing all that stuff was really boring because they kept interjecting in the middle of the action He would stop to Say something else that wasn't really part of the action and then when the action got there It went so quickly that we were back to the walking around and the descriptions of places People and things and it's everything that I hated about the song of ice and fire is saying thing that I hated about the Robert Jordan books Just about any fantasy. There's just so much world building that has to be done Same with sci-fi for me. Sorry guys, but it's the truth Same with sci-fi for me. There's so much world building going on that is just not interesting to me I picture it just fine though and all that I just don't care And it's that's bad to say but I don't and especially since I've seen the movie reading the book even though there's there's big differences here There's huge differences early on massive differences in that first chapter first couple of chapters Because it goes on much longer than the movie does I honestly prefer the movie version over over the book Just because they hit all the plot points The scene in the minds of Moria I think I'm getting that right the scenes in that are much more exciting in the movie I pictured the ballrog differently when I was reading the book than the movie but I like the movie version more I had to talk about the movies here, but if I'm honest I really do prefer at least this first first book Prefer the movie if I'm honest but I think the main thing is this is all just Not really an extended prologue but this is all just building up for the action in the two towers and return of the king So I'm not too terribly mad at it and I'm going to continue on in fact That's the only thing that really kept me pushing forward is I know more stuff happens in the two towers And I know more stuff happens in the return of the king so if I can just get through this I will be fine Um, and it looks like I'm gonna at least finish the shining I got a hundred pages left on that um and I'm doing audiobook and 30 pages in audiobook as an hour I got three hours left on that and I listened to it while I walk So we're looking at least three more days Of the shining Before I start the two towers, but if you guys want to jump ahead that's fine go on I'm pretty much reading at my own pace now anyways, and I suggest you guys do the same just have fun with it And you know read it the best that you can to where you can keep on going because I've been enjoying talking to you guys about it Now as far as this past week has been concerned almost two weeks I have been talking much in the group because I have been finishing the institute I'm finally done with the institute review will be up Thursday But that's all I really have to say about this book um, you Do let me know down there in the comments below whether or not you like this book if you disliked it Let me know the reasonings behind so we can have a discussion leave me all that down there in the doobly do But until next time I have any you have any you this has been another book review. I'll talk to you guys later Bye bye