A.H. Lyons’s Reviews > The Fellowship of the Ring > Status Update

It’s a good book, but I can’t help but notice some of the wording and how it contributes to an unconscious bias — phrases like “black men” to represent the ring wraiths and calling Mordor “the shadow of the east,” as if east is kind of just inherently evil. LOTR really is the fantasy blueprint, but not always good. Just some thoughts so far.