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The Return of the King - Community Reviews back

by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Emma Richey
Emma Richey rated it 8 years ago
Indeed a generation later one might hear an old gaffer in an inn, after a good pint of well-earned ale, put down his mug with a sigh: 'Ah! that was a proper fourteen-twenty, that was!' -The Return of the King, p.1001 So far Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings has been a tad exclusive: open largely to...
Emad Attely [The Book Nerd]
Emad Attely [The Book Nerd] rated it 8 years ago
Tolkien is a major writer of fantasy. I remember watching his amazing trilogy Lord of the Rings long time ago, and I still remember how much I liked it. Now I finished reading his trilogy and I feel nostalgic! Probably I'm gonna watch the movies again tonight!I loved the books. Recommended :)
Jocelyn (The Reading World)
Jocelyn (The Reading World) rated it 9 years ago
When it comes to series or trilogies or anything divided up into separate parts, I always tend to enjoy the conclusions the most. It's especially so in a work like this one. All the threads of the story are coming together into a rousing climax, which is much faster-paced in the movie, but leaves a ...
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd
While not strictly related to the books, I must mention that when I went to England one of my destinations was Oxford. While in Oxford I went and had a beer at Tolkien's pub, visited Tolkien's house (20 Northmoor Avenue, there is a plaque on the house that identifies it as such) and paid a visit to ...
mattries37315
mattries37315 rated it 9 years ago
The third and final volume of The Lord of the Rings finishes Frodo and Sam's journey to Mount Doom while the rest of his companions deal with armies of Sauron in the fields of Gondor and in front of the Black Gate of Mordor. 'The Return of the King' is where J.R.R. Tolkien gives his story it's epic ...
Denise
Denise rated it 9 years ago
'So we come to it in the end,' he said: 'the great battle of our time, in which many things shall pass away. But at least there is no longer need for hiding. We will ride the straight way and the open road with all our speed.' I loved the previous volumes of LoTR and had been dying to read this one...
Shelf Indulgence
Shelf Indulgence rated it 9 years ago
Would you believe there were parts of this book where I kept thinking, Get on with it!? I mean, I get the structure of the story requires that we see the struggle that Sam and Frodo had to endure on the way to the Cracks of Doom, but it kept going on, and it kept repeating a lot of what had happene...
Aren's Library
Aren's Library rated it 10 years ago
Enjoyed this so much!
Reading Slothfully
Reading Slothfully rated it 10 years ago
I'll give this four *s, but grudgingly. Basically, I got tired of the trilogy by the time I got to this volume. The first half of this third volume was a rather tough slog. The Hobbit is written like a bed-time story, and has lots of variety. As a consequence, it's a very fun read. But the first hal...
O! what Man will do fore a Rime!
O! what Man will do fore a Rime! rated it 10 years ago
"But," said Sam, and tears started in his eyes, "I thought you were going to enjoy the Shire, too, for years and years, after all you have done." "So I thought too, once. But I have been too deeply hurt, Sam. I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam,...
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