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The first chapter of the last ringbearer is extremely funny! It relates the wars described in LOTR from the point of view of Sauron's soldiers (they are regula
by enriquto 6y ago
The first chapter of the last ringbearer is extremely funny! It relates the wars described in LOTR from the point of view of Sauron's soldiers (they are regular humans, the "orc" descriptions are a ridiculous libel). Unfortunately, the rest of the book describes the continuation after the wars and it is much less engaging, since you cannot draw parallels with the original story.
- ben0x539 6y agoI tend to agree (I still enjoyed the rest, and the epilogue was fun as well), but I love the weirdly extended espionage subplot just because it has a oneliner that is such an amazing, amazingly heavy-handed dunk on Tolkien: > “Because you are an Enemy. You fight on the side of Darkness, so your every word is a lie, and your every deed is evil by definition.” > > “You’re mistaken, lad,” Tangorn sighed wearily. “I’m on neither the Dark nor the Light side. If you need a label, I’m on the side of many colors.”