2/3

(See my other reviews for "Fellowship" and "King")
Of the three, "Two Towers" is without a doubt my favorite. All the fun happens here: the ents, that horrid forest, and loads of Merry and Pippen goofing around. The only thing that would have made this one better is some more mention of Rosie, because, let's face it...Rosie and Sam are adorable.

Tolkien's Middle-Earth and The Two Towers

The Two towers is the second book of the epic adventure of the series of the Lord of the
Rings based in Tolkien's tale The Hobbit. This story takes place in the Middle- Earth
during the Third Age just after the Fellowship of the Ring separate in the Shores of
Burien River and Boromir's death. In this book J.J.Tolkien explored different aspects and
characteristics of its characters Where the Ents, the elves, the dwarves, the mans of
Gondor and the Rohan raiders have their own perspective of the battle. Also emphasized
deeply the struggle of Frodo's attempt to destroy the one ring of the Dark Lord Sauron.
When I read this book about three weeks ago, it helped me to understand that I didn't know anything about the true meaning of fantasy and epic adventure until I read about
Tolkien's Middle- Earth. A place where the fantasy materialize in form of a fantastic
narrative that satisfies the most demanding readers. Also it is important to consider that the book contain magnificent poems ,songs ,verses and tales that contribute in the
development of a clear image about the character, the Middle Earth and the battle for the
ring.
In this book you can explore the epic land of the Middle -Earth, the setting of the battle
for the one ring. A setting that changed constantly, from the Burien River to the forest of
Fangor and from there to Rohan and then to Helm's Deep. In those chapters in the Two
Towers the main characters Aragorn the future King of Gondor,Gilmi the dwarf and
Legolas the elf attempt to rescue Meriadoc and Peregrin. Then they met once again with
Gandalf in Fangor forest, after he finally defeated Balrog in the Moria mines. Then together they went to Rohan to adverse King Theoden about Saruman's intentions.In Rohan appeared an important character, Wrima Wormtongue ,whose dark speech powers
transformed King Theoden into a Saruman mind slave. For that reason Wrima
Wormtongue was expelled from Rahan.Then Rohan was evacuated to Helm's Deep
fortress where the orcs of Isengar will attempt to destroy Rohan's future. Meanwhile
Meriadoc and Peregrin were capture by the orcs of Huru-kai and later met with
Treebeard and the council of Ents in Fangor and together destroyed Isengar and defeat
Saruman .However Frodo and Samwise attempted to enter to Mordor the Dark Land, to
destroy the one ring in the crater of Doom Mountain guided by Smeagol through this
dangerous path . But instead of entering through the dark gate, they decided to take a safe
way through the ruins of the ancient city of Osgilath. But they were captured by
Famamir's army .In Osgilath Faramir was commanded by his father Derethor to stop the
orcs army before they take Minas Tirith.But in this way they will be betrayed by
Gollum's will. Then later Legolas,Aragorn ,Gandalf and Gimli will met with Saruman
once again, where they will discuss about Sauron and his betrayed and corruption against
the human kind and will.
If you are interesting in Tolkien's Hobbit or any other stories of epic adventure .The
Two Towers will not disillusion you, especially the chapters Roads of Isengar ,The
voice of Saruman ,Helm's Deep and Treebeard. Those will keep the reader in suspense
and deep fascination until the end of every chapter with a marvelous narrative. But first
you must successfully read The Fellowship of the Ring .

awesome book

This adventure filled action-packed thriller is only #2 in this awesome trilogy.When the hobbit Frodo Baggins and his friends go out on a quest to destroy the ring of power they find that it isnt an easy road to travel.They find other companions to help him on his journey like gollum the power obsessed fiend that wants the ring for himself,but when he leads Frodo and his friend,Sam,he betrays them while going to destroy the ring in the fires of Mt.Doom.This quest is a difficult one for the hobbit and his friend.I give this book 5 stars because it kept me on the edge of my seat.