The Lord of the Rings-"The Fellowship of the Ring". Tolkien creates a mystical world called middle earth with his wonderful imagination. His degree in language helped him create an entire written language called "Qenya" witch is spoken by the elves. The Fellowship of the Ring was written as the first of three books made to be sequals of the book Hobbit. Tolkien thought the Hobbit would appeal to children, and was published as a children's book.
The Fellowship of the Ring starts in the Shire (in Hobbiton where the hobbits live). During the first few chapters it introduces characters not in Hobbit such as Frodo, Pippen (Paragrin), Mary (Maridock), and Sam (Samwise) who are all hobbits. Later more main characters come in. Aragorn a human Ranger from the north, Legolas an elf from the woodlands, Boramire a human from Gondor, and Gimly son of Gloin a dwarf are all introduced near the beginning. They form a fellowship of nine, including Gandalf the grey, a powerful wizard. They are set out on a journey to destroy the all powerful ring forged by the dark lord Sauron, before he gets it and covers all the land in sick and darkness using its powers. Frodo is the ring barer.
Tolkien makes this book extremely exciting using select word choice and wonderful dialog to really put you in the shoes of the characters. Suspenseful action sequences and heart wrenching disasters make this book exciting and fun to read. Tolkien also grabs readers by the interesting names and titles of the people and places mentioned in the book. Another exciting key in The Fellowship of the Ring is the hobbits inner strength to endure the evil of the ring.
Many words used in this book were new to me, old words that aren't used much anymore, that really grabbed my attention and were fun to read. I think that's a key part in making this book fun and exciting to read.
One suspenseful action scene was when everyone was running from a fire demon called a "Balrog".