Part two of one of my favourite books of all time. Highlights are the battle with Shelob and the last march of the Ents...

It does take a while to get used to the clear divide between storylines - had LOTR been published today, I think it might have tended more to alternate chapters - but Tolkien's way has the advantage of not losing momentum within a storyline, I suppose. It does emphasise what is essentially Frodo and Sam's death march into Mordor - I don't know if the tension could be sustained if it was routinely interrupted.