. Alas, not me: Review: Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in the Lord of the Rings

18 October 2018

Review: Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in the Lord of the Rings

Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in the Lord of the Rings Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in the Lord of the Rings by Matthew Dickerson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Dickerson explores the moral choices made by characters in The Lord of the Rings, and provides a far more nuanced and persuasive analysis of Christian elements in Tolkien's work than one usually finds. On the whole an excellent critical work, though at times I found myself disagreeing with him on matters of details.

Minus one star, however, for no index and repeatedly calling The Lord of the Rings a trilogy.

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  1. Jenna @ Falling Letters28 October, 2018 18:20

    I see this book at my local library whenever I go to browse the books about Tolkien; I've always wondered if it's any good. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

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