'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
'Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century.' Sunday Telegraph
'Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron.' C.S. Lewis
'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
'Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century.' Sunday Telegraph
'Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron.' C.S. Lewis
'Extraordinarily imaginative, and wholly exciting'
The Times
'The story itself is superb'
Observer
'A most remarkable feat'
Guardian
'Masterpiece? Oh yes'
Evening Standard
'An astonishing imaginative tour de force'
Daily Telegraph
The Times
'The story itself is superb'
Observer
'A most remarkable feat'
Guardian
'Masterpiece? Oh yes'
Evening Standard
'An astonishing imaginative tour de force'
Daily Telegraph