The Fellowship of the Ring

The Fellowship of the Ring is the 1st of the 3 volumes of the series: The Lord of the Rings. THe Lord of the Rings is a dark lord named Sauron, the maker of the 11 rings. However, this Lord has lost the one ring that has the most power of all. He desires to reclaim the ring and use it to take over the Middle- earth.

The story starts with Bilbo Baggins' (a truly old Hobbit) 111th birthday. He suddenly disappeared during the feast after saying "Farewell". No-one could really explain this but none knew that one ring could explain the disappearance. Bilbo had a mysterious ring - a ring that had powers out of the ordinary. If you slipped the ring on, you would disappear- VANISH. Bilbo was never to be seen after this party. He leaves the ring in Frodo'sBilbo's cousin and Heir, prosession. Gandalf the Grey- a wizard, suspects that the ring is the one ring and only lost ring. The ring that had the most power- powers that Sauron wanted to take over the world. Gandalf knows that it's master is after it. THerefore, Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin (3 trustworthy friends), secretly leave the Shire. They have many adventures, they meet elves, Aragorn- who saved Frodo's life (although Frodo still got a wound from the enemy's servant), Tom, Elrond (who healed Frodo's wound), Lady Galadriel- who gave the party presents and refused to take the ring and lastly, Gollum, the dark lord who had once lost it's ring to Bilbo (in The Hobbit). He was following them. Later on, Frodo attempts to set out on his own, unwilling to take the rest of the party because it was going to be too risky. However, Sam finds him and together, they set off to Mordor.

Honestly, I didn't enjoy the book very much. I think that the plot is great but it isn't really my type. I wish Gandalf didn't know everything about everything in the beginning of the story. He just explained everything at the beginning. This made my hopes down as I had nothing to be waiting for. This book didn't really give me the interest in flipping the page. It didn't suck me into the book. And most importantly, it didn't give me the temptation to skip pages to find out the ending.