The things I love about his book is that for the whole first part of this story, Tolkien writes of Frodo's journey out of the shire to Bree. Tolkien makes it hard for anyone to dislike the shire or Hobbiton becuase of the way in which he presents it.
The first eight chapters are the best. It is chiefly about Frodo, Sam, Pippin and Merry and their journey to Bree. Further on in the book more characters are introduced. The description of Glorfindel, Elrond and Arwen are the best I have read in a long time. He describes Rivendell rather closely to what I would consider a dream world.
Once Tolkien has to manage with the Fellowship, interest in the hobbits are slowly moved to the other characters such as Gimli, Legolas, Aragorn, Gandalf and Boromir. Tolkien describes an attack upon the Fellowship and pulls it off as if it were as easy as writing the alphabet.
Call me crazy, but I was pissed when Gandalf fell to the abyss with the Balrog. The Fellowship started to lack the old man's wise words but not for long. My attention was quickly changed from Gandalf to the Lorien Elves. I was captivated as Tolkien described the Elves and their language, but when they left Lorien my attention quickly returned to Gandalf.
When Boromir fell I was not quite as pissed as I was when Gandalf did. Although Tolkien killed off Boromir, it did not have as much as an impact as with Gandalf. He didn't describe Boromir near enough and gave little chances for the readers to like him. And as you close the book, you cannot help but think how it will pan out, will Frodo be killed and the ring returned to Sauron, or will he destroy it and the lands will be free again? That question rang through my head as I reached for the second book and buried myself into it.
My final verdict for the Lord of the Rings the Fellowship of the ring is-
Tolkien is a master of novels. It seems whatever he wants to happen in the story he writes it and pulls it off no matter how crazy or how unreal it really is he can pull it off. I recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure or fantasy. It is a great way to kick off the Lord of the Rings trilogy and for the whole time I read the book, I kept forgetting that as every chapter I read, I was getting closer to the end of the book.
9/10