After two years, Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power returns this August 29, but are the critics thinking? Reviews for the series from media outlets are now online, giving fans an idea if the sophomore season sinks or swims. The story continues with multiple story threads spread throughout Middle-earth with Nori and the Stranger solving the mystery of his origins, and exploring Sauron’s beginning. Looking back at the first season, we gave it pretty high , but not perfect marks and Season 2 casts a wide net of reviews. Prime Video will release the first three episodes on Thursday, with the remaining five episodes airing weekly.As always, whether or not you enjoy the series may not have anything to do with what the critics might say. Read on to see a breakdown of some of the Rings of Powers reviews from across the internet. The consensus seems to ultimately be that while the show remains stunning to look at, there’s still a long way to go in properly telling a proper Lord of the Rings story.The Lord of the The Rings: The Rings of Power is set thousands of years before the novel in the Second Age of Middle-earth, the season depicts the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron …