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The Two Towers
- The Lord of the Rings, Book 2
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 20 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
This brand-new unabridged audio book of The Two Towers, the second part of J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic adventure, The Lord of the Rings, is read by the BAFTA award-winning actor, director and author, Andy Serkis.
The company of the Ring is torn asunder. Frodo and Sam continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin – alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.
This continues the classic tale begun in The Fellowship of the Ring, which reaches its awesome climax in The Return of the King.
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Critic reviews
‘An extraordinary book. It deals with a stupendous theme. It leads us through a succession of strange and astonishing episodes, some of them magnificent, in a region where everything is invented, forest, moor, river, wilderness, town and the races which inhabit them.’
The Observer
‘Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century.’
Sunday Telegraph
‘The English-speaking world is divided into those who have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and those who are going to read them.’
Sunday Times
‘A story magnificently told, with every kind of colour and movement and greatness.’
New Statesman
‘Masterpiece? Oh yes, I’ve no doubt about that.’
Evening Standard
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- Kevin Haywood
- 14-03-22
Andy Serkis is a threat to Steven Fry
I am sure you all know enough about these stories to have interest in listening, or not!
Andy Serkis’ reading of these tales is simply perfect! Only Steven Fry could challenge the variety and depth of vocalisations and characterisations here in, and while I delight in Mr Fry’s tonal dealings with Sherlock Holmes and Harry Potter, I suspect Andy Serkis cannot be outclassed in this wonderful
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- olly
- 19-11-21
Big fan!
Big fan of Andy Serkisa, amazing performance, makes the whole story feel like your there and experiencing every moment!
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- Adam
- 28-10-21
Fantastic listening
not only was this a fantastic audio book but it was an awesome experience. For some reason book Gollum sounded uncanny to movie Gollum ;)
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- J. Cobb
- 05-12-21
Superb
Obviously the story is first class, but Serkis really brings it to life. A wonderful performance of all characters.
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- Heather McKay
- 17-12-21
Excellent
Andy Serkis’ performance is absolutely brilliant, bringing a new magic to this marvellous tale. I thoroughly enjoyed this and can’t wait to start the third book in the trilogy.
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- David D.
- 05-11-21
A step up from Fellowship
Book 17/21 for 2021
Unlike the films, where I think Fellowship is my favourite, I found Two Towers the book to be a big improvement on the Fellowship book. For one, it feels like there is almost always momentum in the story unlike the meandering of the latter chapters of Book 1 in Fellowship.
There are still the usual Tolkein flairs, both for good and for ill - long descriptive scenes of geography and history and lore, but very interesting dialogue, or at least - a feeling of each word having meaning and purpose, I always marvel at how Tolkein considers so many facets.
Even some of the dry language is improved, while I still find the geographic talk a bit dull, I found myself more engaged than before on the historical beats. Maybe the longer exposure has gotten me more engaged?
Andy Serkis narration feels like it has taken a few paces forward too, this could be down to the writing but I felt each character more naturally distinguished themselves, it has less of that Children's Book narration from the Hobbit and parts of Fellowship, which was absolutely perfect for the The Hobbit, but I felt wasn't as suited to Fellowship.
Overall, I'd recommend Two Towers, it's turned me around on Tolkein after I felt a bit disappointed in parts of Fellowship, I don't know if 5 Stars is the Tolkein effect working on me, of if it should be closer to 4, either way, I don't regret reading it finally!
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- Littlemissthing
- 19-06-22
It needs 6 stars!
What a fabulous reading of The Two Towers. Andy Sekis has a rare talent and is perfect reading this novel.
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- Michelle Doyle
- 03-02-23
enjoyable
There were lots of great character voices to bring it to life, and keep you engaged.
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- Sarah Sissons
- 25-02-23
Andy Serkis is *the* best story teller!
Andy Serkis not only reads the book, but truly brings the story to life. His rendition of the descriptive landscapes and multiple battles will have you cry out in excitement and anguish in equal measure.
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- CElvin-Smith
- 11-11-22
Fantastic
I really enjoyed this audio production. I’m a big fan of the films and listened to Fellowship with the older narration and the Hobbit read by Andy Serkis.
The Hobbit is amazing. Both Fellowship and Two Towers start at a fairly slow pace and build to very exciting ends.
Serkis does a tremendous job with the narration, I can’t praise him enough. The range of voices is simply outstanding. I’d love to get a message of thanks to him, I enjoyed it that much.
I understand the criticism of how loud the orcs get because when I tried to play the Hobbit to my husband and daughter in the car, my husband kept turning down the volume on the orcs and then you couldn’t hear the whispering voices. Listening on my own it didn’t bother me at all.
The Return of the King here I come!
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