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Book Reviews of The Tolkien Reader

The Tolkien Reader
The Tolkien Reader
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
ISBN-13: 9780345298812
ISBN-10: 0345298810
Publication Date: 4/12/1981
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 15 ratings
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed The Tolkien Reader on + 157 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Contains: The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son; Tree and Leaf; Farmer Giles of Ham; The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. A good addition to the library of Tolkien lovers.
reviewed The Tolkien Reader on + 9 more book reviews
Contains: Tolkien's Magic Ring, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, Tree And Leaf, Farmer Giles of Ham, and The adventures of Tom Bombadil
bluenote avatar reviewed The Tolkien Reader on + 5 more book reviews
a must-have for Tolkien fans.
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This is not one of Tolkiens best books... but it has some good parts to it as well. But the whole point about this book is that it isn't a book, it's a reader. And a reader is mostly just a book put together with a whole bunch of short stories, poems, lyrics, drawings, etc. That's what this book is, a reader. Maybe to some it could be appealing, but it wasn't as interesting to me as I thought it was going to be.
Nice book for casual reading on the weekends or so though. Would recommend for a collector, but maybe not for someone who was a Tolkien fan.