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The High King by Lloyd Alexander
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Great finale to a wonderful pentalogy! Lloyd Alexander wasn't kidding when he said The High King is what everyone hopes Deathly Hallows will be while anticipating the release of Deathly Hallows.
Every single major character has their skills put to the ultimate test!
Death-Lord Arawn gets to be half the rest!
Every single major character has their skills put to the ultimate test!
Death-Lord Arawn gets to be half the rest!
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
5.0
This is the way to start with a bang! I am scratching my head as to why this isn't more appreciated. The story is engaging, the characters are relatable, loads of ass-kicking...Just amazing!
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
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? It's complicated
5.0
THE adventure fantasy book that launched a thousand imitations. Several reviews have already said more that I ever could so I’m just gonna share amazing memes from this:
-“One does not simply walk into Mordor.”
-Sorry, you can’t use the Hidden Move Fly to get to Mordor unless you’ve been there already.
-A *insert occupation here* is never late, he arrives precisely when he means to.
-Negative reviews of a Tolkien book: …
Gandalf: “You fool of a Took!”
-Gandalf: “You shall not pass!”
Balrog: “But I got a lava bath, fire lilies, and everything! Am I not good enough for you?’
-Sauron: Dominates Middle-Earth.
Also Sauron: Loses because his jewelry was dropped into lava from a naked crawler and a farm boy.
-“ There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.”
-Every salty guy ever after losing a game: So you have chosen…death.
-“One does not simply walk into Mordor.”
-Sorry, you can’t use the Hidden Move Fly to get to Mordor unless you’ve been there already.
-A *insert occupation here* is never late, he arrives precisely when he means to.
-Negative reviews of a Tolkien book: …
Gandalf: “You fool of a Took!”
-Gandalf: “You shall not pass!”
Balrog: “But I got a lava bath, fire lilies, and everything! Am I not good enough for you?’
-Sauron: Dominates Middle-Earth.
Also Sauron: Loses because his jewelry was dropped into lava from a naked crawler and a farm boy.
-“ There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.”
-Every salty guy ever after losing a game: So you have chosen…death.