"The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R Tolkien

"The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R Tolkien is the first book of the Lord of The Rings. It is 406 page long and tells the story of Frodo - Bilbo Baggins' nephew and the new owner of "the ring". 

Frodo sells his hobbit's house that he inherited from Bilbo and set out to a long and dangerous journey - to Mordor in order to fight the evil forces and "do the right thing when it comes to the ring".

A Company is formed consisting of four hobbits, a dwarf, an elf, a wizard and two men and the author describes their long, adventurous and magical journey. 

The book is a bit dark, maybe because it's set in forests and mountains, lakes and rivers. The time of the year is winter (December-January). It is 15th century. There are orcs, black riders, the evil eye and other monsters. Gollum the goblin is following them (and they know it) but they haven't had any encounter with it yet. 

Gandalf the wizard perishes into the abyss after the magnificent magic wand stunt. Bombur gets influenced by the evil in the end and wants Frodo to give the ring to him. Frodo gets scared and sets off alone. Sam follows him. 

It's my first time to read The Lord of The Rings and although from one side being extremely happy to have read it and getting to know the amazing writer and artist J.R.R. Tolkien, I did struggle a considerable amount while reading it. 

The book is full of very unfamiliar places and even creatures, it has poems, songs and a great number of never heard of names (of places, people, things). It was a pretty slow read for me, although a part of me did enjoy the never ending forests with elf dwellings and it was great meeting beings that I've never met before.

It's very hard to describe this book or to explain it. It is about a fantastic place with fantastic creatures - that exits only in our tales. It seems to be a tale of good and evil and about how evil works and what are the good things that could fight it off. 

Some phrases and sentences seem to be very wise and guiding, like the ancient wisdom or a religious scripture. There always seems to be more to The Lord of The Rings that first meets the eye. I hope I'll understand better after reading the following two books.