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Manas
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Absolute brilliance. It's so unique in its prose and you can tell JRRT sat and thought about all of this detail and made sure that everything was intertwined perfectly.
I'm having some difficulties reading owing to how much I have to study and how much I'm going outside to socialise, but what little reading I'm doing is so satisfying.
— Feb 25, 2026 11:19AM
I'm having some difficulties reading owing to how much I have to study and how much I'm going outside to socialise, but what little reading I'm doing is so satisfying.
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Manas
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Don’t see the point of this entire section involving the shire being taken over by saruman, especially since a lot of tolkiens more racially biased descriptions are being used - slant eyed villains? bruh
— Mar 16, 2026 06:03PM
Manas
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I'm almost at the end, and I think I will finish this magnificent work of art in another day or two, and I will be sad because I have to set it aside for who knows how long.
— Mar 16, 2026 02:24PM
Manas
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Finally I have reached the conclusion - Frodo and Sam have completed their quest and all is well again, and it's the most beautiful feeling ever, to know that peace and hope lives again.
I've gotten so engrossed in this work of art that I've started thinking of myself as someone who lived in Gondor!
— Mar 15, 2026 04:39PM
I've gotten so engrossed in this work of art that I've started thinking of myself as someone who lived in Gondor!
Manas
is on page 899 of 1031
the closer i get to the end, the more i wish to draw it out because i’m enjoying this book so much, and it will be a shame to shelf it once and for all.
— Mar 14, 2026 02:40PM
Manas
is on page 872 of 1031
The closer I get to the end, the sadder it makes me because I know I won't ever get to experience something of this scale ever again.
What a wonderful work of art. I only wish I had read it much sooner in my life, I wonder what effect it would have had on me when my frontal lobe was still developing.
— Mar 13, 2026 05:59PM
What a wonderful work of art. I only wish I had read it much sooner in my life, I wonder what effect it would have had on me when my frontal lobe was still developing.
Manas
is on page 838 of 1031
The description of the charge of the Rohirrim might just be the greatest thing I’ve ever read oh my god
— Mar 13, 2026 04:33AM
Manas
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Exhausted and even more feverish than before, and yet I was completely hooked for almost thirty pages until my body started to give up and my eyes began to droop.
So begins the siege of Minas Tirith!
— Mar 11, 2026 05:25PM
So begins the siege of Minas Tirith!
Manas
is on page 773 of 1031
The final book may just be my favourite out of the three, not just because I enjoy Tolkien’s prose so much, but also because the story has picked up so much pace and I can feel the tension that has been built up for so long coming close to its climax.
— Mar 10, 2026 06:03PM
Manas
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and so the last act begins.
tolkien’s prose is absolutely astounding! his description of shelob, of gollum’s inner conflict, of sam’s doubts regarding the choices he’s making, all of it is so well written that you can’t help but keep reading, even though you’re feverish and sick like i was.
— Mar 09, 2026 03:49PM
tolkien’s prose is absolutely astounding! his description of shelob, of gollum’s inner conflict, of sam’s doubts regarding the choices he’s making, all of it is so well written that you can’t help but keep reading, even though you’re feverish and sick like i was.
