Out of the trilogy, I finished this one the quickest. I love Tolkien's style of writing and the words he uses for description. I found in reading this, quite a few good quotes and the like. One of the best parts of this books are the songs or poems told in. Not a lot of authors do that...

a great read!!! middle-earth and everyone there are all vividly described so well that you feel your there! when i first got it, i wouldnt read anything else for a couple months, i just kept re-reading the series! its a wonderful masterpiece, its such a good book that i cannot say enough words of praise! the lord of the rings to me is the best fanatasy ever written! it has good morals, no swearing, no sex, and though there is violence you may note that its not described in detail. everything we want in our own lives, and in the world, exists in middle-earth. you will never want to leave!