[jackhack]

For anyone that enjoyed LoTR/The Hobbit and thinks this new story might be interesting or entertaining, allow me to assure you it is not. The writing is meandering, unclear, futile expository. In a word "amateurish". Being as generous as possible, it is a poor tribute. Less generously, one might call it a lazy attempt to cash in on the legacy of JRR's universe of Middle Earth.

The writing bears no resemblance whatsoever to the grand, Elizabethan style of Tolkien.

See for yourself: https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=iH6iEAAAQBAJ&source=...

[duskwuff]

Oh my goodness. You weren't kidding -- this is awful.

Even if it weren't trying to fill Tolkien's boots it'd still be bad writing; the pretension just makes it look even worse by comparison.

[throwaway81523]

If you are looking for such things, I thought that "The Shadow of Angmar" by Steelbadger does a mostly-good job of telling a story in a Tolkien-like style. It's a LOTR/Harry Potter crossover fanfic that is well regarded in its little niche. Unfortunately, it's not finished. The author says he hasn't given up on it, but there haven't been any updates in a while. There is enough to be quite a good read though. I would say it was/is intended to have three main arcs. The first two arcs are completed and online. I can imagine what was intended for the third, and it seems very difficult to do, which might explain why the author hasn't yet attempted it.

[mock-possum]

Oh wow it’s so bad

I can’t get over HMS Samwise, like he’s a boat