The Two Towers

Executive Summary: This might be my least favorite of the three, but there is still a lot to love here.

Audio book: Rob Inglis once again does an excellent job. I especially enjoyed his voice for Gollum. I wonder if Andy Serkis based his voice for the movie on this performance. They seem rather similar. Once again the audio is an excellent option for doing these books, though I'd probably skip through all the songs if I could.

Full Review
I'm not going to spend much time reviewing this book. Not really worth my time or yours. This series isn't for everyone, but I do thing all fantasy fans should read it at least once.

I don't like this as much as Fellowship, but on this reread I found it less slow than I remember. Or really I should say the second half.

I think one way the movie was better than the book is by blending the two halves together. I find the first half with Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas to be a lot more enjoyable than the parts with Frodo, Sam and Golem. That said, I didn't find the seconds half of this book as slow as I remember.

In the first half you have Rohan, the return of Gandalf and the battle at helms deep. The second half you have a lot of walking and muttering. But there is Faramir who shows what an asshat his brother Boromir really is, if you didn't get that already in the last book. And the part with Shelob is of course excellent.

Overall there is a lot to like in this book, though probably not as much as first or last books. The good parts more than make up for the slower parts for me though and this still a book I will happily reread several more times I'm sure.