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O Último Anel (1990)

by Kirill Yeskov(Favorite Author)

3.49 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Saída de Emergência

review 1: Another book that has a great idea, but done poorly. The idea: Tell the story of Lord of the Rings and it's aftermath, from the point of view of one of Sauron's minions. And based on the concept of "history is told by the winners," the author assumes that what Tolkien wrote is not just biased towards the heroes of that book, but is in some cases wildly incorrect propaganda.From this idea, there are some great moments, like when Gandalf is shown to be not the noble hero that Tolkien said he was, but a bigot who advocates for an ethnic cleansing, exterminating the race of Orcs from Middle Earth. But sadly, the author is no Tolkien, and the writing quality shows this; lots of exposition, long sections that seem taken from a tedious spy novel, and terrible dialogue (every time... more Faramir and Eowyn call each other "babe" it made me want to cry).It's an interesting idea, good in parts, but overall I can't recommend it.
review 2: Cualquier parecido con Tolkien es pura coincidencia. Una vez aclarado esto, se puede leer como una mezcla de novela de espías, fantasía steampunk y crítica social desde la óptica de una Rusia post-soviética. Todo ello con nombres de personajes y localizaciones de Tolkien de fondo. El tramo central de la novela, en Umbar, es batante entretenido, desde la óptica descrita, pero evidentemente si esperas algo relacionado con Tolkien, déjalo correr. less

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