Thinking ahead and/or being fooled

[Evisse the Blue]

I was easily fooled I think

So was I! I had no chance of being spoiled, as a lot of people nowadays do (like my boyfriend, who is barely making his way through TTT, and knows at least, that all characters are invulnerable, which IMO is a huge spoiler.

For me at least, Tolkien is one of the few writers who actually gives you a sense of realism, and henceforth, uncertainty (reality is cruel and uncertain, anything can happen to anybody). I truly believed that Gandalf had died, and for a few tantalizing pages,that Frodo had died, too, and felt certain that Sam was going to continue the quest on his own. I also remember believing Pip was dead,( in chapter 'The Black Gate opens', I think) and remebered how Elrond was against his coming.