To all those who have ever read (perhaps discouraged by the apparent length ...), I have only one advice: hold your breath and DIVE! You will discover the most beautiful book of Fantasy ... Do not be discouraged in the first pages: the prologue may seem a bit long and out of the subject (in fact you should read it again at the end to fully appreciate it) but then the story takes us and the journey begins ... I read I do not know how many times, and I do not get enough. There was everything: the story, down to earth, often funny, and great, with a lot of bravery and villainy. You'll never see things the same way when you have closed the book, and you'll find yourself staring at a landscape by saying: well, it looks like Mordor ... The Caradhas, Rivendell, the Shire ... have a good trip!