The Two Towers

Strider, Gimli, and Legolas have been separated from Frodo and his main companion, Samwise Gamgee. Meriadoc and Pippin, the other hobbits, have been kidnapped by the Uruk-Hai, while Boromir and Gandalf have both died.(see my previous blog). Frodo and Sam have undertaken the perilous journey to Mordor with Frodo slowly succumbing to the power of The Ring. Strider and his companions are going to Gondor, the last kingdom of the Numenoreans (the mighty men of the Second Age, the story being based in the Third Age), where the dead Boromir's father rules. Meriadoc and Pippin are being taken to Isengard, the White Tower, where the great wizard Saruman has committed treason and has allied with Sauron.

The Two Towers is the second book in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. Tolkien continues to keep one enthralled in this thrilling story from two points of view- that of Frodo and Sam, and that of Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas. The 1st part of it is a crescendo of events ending with something so amazing, I cannot reveal it. 

However, the book sometimes acts like one of Apollo's cows- slow and sluggish, so that it feels like the story isn't moving at all, like in the chapter The Riders of Rohan. It ends with Frodo being captured by the enemy, and on the other hand, Gondor prepares for war against Mordor.

Although it makes inordinate demands upon its readers' patience, no writer could ever manage to create such a form of mythology and pen it down so well like Tolkien.

I would give it a 9 out of 10.

Signing off, this is THE BIG V.

P.S.  The next review is on The Return Of The King.Bye!!!