The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, Book 2)

The book starts out from where the first book, The Fellowship, ends and makes way for the sequel, The Return of the King. Frodo and Samwise have left the Fellowship, while Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli go chasing after the orc company that has captured Merry and Pippin. Frodo and Sam meet up with a familiar face. Also, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli find someone believed to dead. If you are expecting me to elaberate, you need to go read it yourself . "Do not be hasty." as Treebeard (A character in the book) says (J. R. R. Tolkien, 452).
There are only two main characters in the book, Frodo and Aragorn. Frodo is a courageous Hobbit (halfling) from the Shire. He has never been out of his homeland before, and is not the typical hero. Aragorn is a human ranger form the north. He is the heir to the throne of Gondor, yet he does not want to become king. The story is set in Middle Earth, a typical fantasy setting. There are four main areas each with its own geography. The Shire, in the far west is mostly forest and small hills while its neighbor to the east, Rohan, is made up of grasslands with mountains to the north. Next to the east is Gondor, which is made up of a mountain range and more grassland. Finally, in the far east is Mordor, the land of the Dark Lord, Sauron. Mordor is surrounded by a mountain range and its other land is cracked and infertile. The story is set with medieval weapons like swords and bows, but gunpowder makes an appearance in the middle of the story.
This book is in the fantasy genre. The story contains elves , dwarves, halflings and humans along with various mythological creatures. Tolkien did several things well in the story. The description of the natural formations is extremely detailed and all of them seem like he was really there to describe them. The characters are also taken to great detail. All of them have intricate character and all of their aspects seem believable.
The problem in the story that the characters must solve is that the ring must be destroy in Mordor. Sauron tries anything to regain control of it and if he succeeds, Middle Earth is doomed to be controlled by his might given to him by the ring.
This book will be enjoyed by fans of other fantasy novel such as Eragon and the Shannara series. The stories share genres along with similar mythology. They all have the same main races along with having some sort of dark lord as the antagonist. It is better than these other novel though because it has more attracted plot and character development. The sentences and thoughts are much more complex and will be hard to grasp to younger readers.
In my opinion, it is the second best in the Lord of the Rings series, following The Return of the King, but ahead of The Fellowship. It is ahead of the Fellowship because its more active start but starts slower than The Return of the King. Tolkien's description is full of complex descriptions and the sentences never get old. The British style does distract from the content for the American readers, but does not put it beyond the reach of most readers. My reactions to the book were wanting to read more and I thought that it was well done. I appreciated the detail, but the confusing names prevented me from completely understanding the plot on the first read through. On the second read though, it was much easier to grasp and I was able to grasp it perfectly. Due to the dryness of the book, it was hard to read for hours at a time, but I could easily go for twenty minutes to half an hour. This allowed me to take a break and think about the events, not just rush on to the next chapter. I rate this book five out of five.

i didn't read the Two Towers until last month I thought it would be great, which is it is. It's a fun and exciting book that will entertain anyone who reads it. But it lacks something that the movies really did a good job in. the movies went into more depth and details of the characters. Which isn't something you expect a movie to do. But the book left me hangin' on some of the charcters. The only character that truly gets your attention every time he appears is Gandalf. My reccomdations: don't read this book if you have high expectations from the movie. I'm not discouraging you from reading it but I'm just warning you. It's an intruiging book that will captivate you until the very end. Enjoy!

This is my favorite book out of TLOTR! In my opinion, it's much more intriguing that the The Fellowship and The Return. OK, I haven't finished The Return yet. But believe me, this one is the best. The beginning didn't thrill me that much, but I couldn't stop after I got past it. The new characters and settings made me so excited.

I think the last half of The Two Towers is my favorite, because it has Gollum in it, and I was excited to hear about him again after The Hobbit. Eventually I started thinking in third person without realizing it. o_O It was scary...

As you open the book The Two Towers from the series The Lord of the Rings you will be fill with excitment, wonder, and suspence. As you read the book page to page you are going to be drawn to their adventures and you are going to fell their happiness and sadness. At the beginnig you may not be to intriged by it, but as you keep on reading more you are going to find the book exciting. You may encountered many suprising events as you read on. As you reach the midle of the book the most enteresting events are going to happen in this story. When you reach the end you are probaly be left wondering what is going to happen next so you might want to read the last book fo the series, The Return of the King. The Two Towers is a really good book to read when you can. It is exciting so it will catch your attention. You are going to have a really good time reading the book.

ROb Inglis does a great great job reading LOTR. HE manages a recongizable difference and identity for every character without overdoing it. This was my main concern with this edition, since some dramatizations (esp BBC's dramatization of The Hobbit) are a bit overdone, and this draws attention from the story.
But this reading manages just right. I had read LOTR several times before, but I enjoyed this reading almost more than the original books.
The only thing I missed was a list of the tracks. I listened to the book in a walkman that starts from the exact same point where it was left, but if you change players you will take some time to find the exact spot you left. But that is just a detail in a great product. Absolutely recommended