Current book: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Pages read: 143 - 243
The ents go medieval on Isengard and win handily, trapping Saruman in his tower at the center. Gandalf, Gimli, Legolas, and Aragorn find Theoden bewitched into poor decision-making by Saruman's servant, Grima Wormtongue. Gandalf breaks the spell on Theoden and convinces him to go to war against Saruman and his army of orcs. The Rohirrim ride out against Saruman, and after holing up in their fortress at Helm's Deep, are victorious. They have the aid of Gandalf and a huge wood full of trees sent by the ents near the end, and all the orcs are killed or driven off. Afterward, Gandalf, Gimli, Legolas, Aragorn, and Theoden go to Isengard to find out its fate. They meet Merry and Pippin there, along with Treebeard, and try to reason Saruman into joining the side of good, but he will not.
No time for analysis tonight, but the battle wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be. I often have this problem with written descriptions of combat, though, so I don't necessarily think it's Tolkien's fault. This time.
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