The Lord of the Rings || The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien || Book review

Since I imagine I might take some flak for this, when I talk about this book, I am talking specifically about the book from its own merits, for what it is, how it is actually written, how the description is, how the characters are, how the plot is, etc., NOT how special people view the book, not what the book means historically or what it means for the fantasy genre, etc. I don't care how acclaimed a book is or how nostalgic it is for people, I look at whether I think the writing is good or not and whether I enjoy reading the book as it actually is, as if I was reading it for the first time having never heard the name The Lord of the Rings or J.R.R. Tolkien.

0:00 Intro
1:59 How Tolkien opens his book
5:48 I'm making this up on the spot
6:02 Eastward, ho! Songs! Details!
8:37 The characters
9:48 Exclamation points, joy and merriment!
11:21 Absolutely no rush, take your time
15:15 Lord of the Rings: The Musical
17:46 My favorite scene in the book
19:00 Biggest problems summarized
21:27 Most acclaimed fantasy book of all time
27:30 An improvement over the book
29:36 Good changes the movies made
30:24 Bad changes the movies made
37:42 A change I would've made to the movies
41:26 Outro