"The Last Ringbearer"

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Has anyone read this? From Wikipedia:

The Last Ringbearer (Russian: Последний кольценосец) is a 1999 fantasy book by Russian author Kirill Eskov. It is an alternative account of and an informal sequel to the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. The summary sounds... mindblowing.

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[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

I read about a third or half of it and got bored. I really wanted to like it, and the premise is good, but it doesn't go anywhere I found interesting. He's a big Faramir fanboy and describes Eowyn with a male gaze that made me stop reading it.

But I wanted to like Mary Gentle's Grunts, too, and I didn't like it and couldn't finish that either. Published Tolkien parody has never worked for me, and though these aren't precisely parodies, they're in that vein. Even though I role played for a few years in a parodic Tolkien universe, so I'm not adverse to parodying Tolkien.

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

Huh. *takes notes* Thank you.