"Paler indeed than the moon ailing in some slow eclipse was the light of it now, wavering and blowing like a noisome exhalation of decay, a corpse-light, a light that illuminated nothing."
This is a quote from J.R.R. Tolkien's book "The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers." This book enthralled me with its intriguing characters.
J.R.R. Tolkien makes me believe in the characters as people. They are all brave and noble. Gandalf, a wizard, is kind and wise. In the book, he says "Do not regret your choice in the valley of the Emyn Muil, nor call it a vain pursuit. You chose amid doubts the path that seemed right: the choice was just, and it has been rewarded, For so we have met in time, who otherwise might have met too late..." Gandalf is telling Aragorn that he shouldn't regret the decision he made when choosing what path to take to search for the hobbits, because if he hadn't chosen that path, he wouldn't have met with Gandalf, and the hobbits would not have been saved in time.
What I dislike about J.R.R. Tolkien's style is that he spends too much time describing the scenery, and not enough time describing the characters' personalities. The book says "The trees were grey and menacing, and a shadow or a mist was about them. The ends of their long sweeping boughs hung down like searching fingers, their roots stood up from the ground like strange monsters, and dark caverns opened beneath them." There's just not enough written about the characters.
I recommend that you read this book, because it's an awesome sequel to "The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring."
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