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The Return of the King

The Return of the King

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THE RETURN OF THE KING， which brings to a close the great epic of war and adventure begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and continued in The Two Towers， is the third and final part of J。 R。 R。 Tolkien’s masterpiece， “The Lord of the Rings。”

In these three books， which form one continuous narrative， Tolkien created the saga of the Hobbits of Middle-earth and the great War of the Rings。 Praised by such writers and poets as W。 H。 Auden， Richard Hughes and C。 S。 Lewis， “The Lord of the Rings” – that special world of beauty and terror and meaning – holds a secure place among the books that will live。
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Valérie ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 J'ai terminé lotr。 J'arrive pas à me dire que c'est finit， j'ai envie de rire et de chialer en même temps， je suis si heureuse 🥺Pour revenir sur ce tome en particulier， c'était un bon livre， j'ai eu deux/trois problèmes avec certains choix de Tolkien mais concrètement c'était une conclusion touchante à une aventure extraordinaire。Points positifs （mélangés） :- J'ai adoré le chapitre 4 de la partie 5， "le siège du gondor" est sans doute mon chapitre préféré de ce tome， voir de la trilogie entière。 J'ai terminé lotr。 J'arrive pas à me dire que c'est finit， j'ai envie de rire et de chialer en même temps， je suis si heureuse 🥺Pour revenir sur ce tome en particulier， c'était un bon livre， j'ai eu deux/trois problèmes avec certains choix de Tolkien mais concrètement c'était une conclusion touchante à une aventure extraordinaire。Points positifs （mélangés） :- J'ai adoré le chapitre 4 de la partie 5， "le siège du gondor" est sans doute mon chapitre préféré de ce tome， voir de la trilogie entière。 L'ambiance était folle， voir une cité perdant tout espoir face aux armées ennemies débordant des plaines sous le pdv de pippin， le plus innocent des hobbits， le fait que gandalf endosse le rôle de chef， son face à face avec le chef des nazguls qui semble désespèré puis。。。 le chant du coq annonçant l'aube après des jours enfouies sous l'obscurité et l'horn du Rohan lui répondant。。。 des frissons。 J'ai hurlé à la fin de ce chapitre et je suis encore impressionné par ce dernier alors que ça fait 2 semaines， vraiment du génie。- Merry a enfin （enfin！！） eu le droit à un développement et bien que son histoire soit très （voir trop ？） similaire à celle de pippin ne dérange pas vraiment car Eomer et Eowyn sont deux personnages magistraux et le voir interagir et grandir avec eux étaient fantastique。- En parlant d'Eomer et Eowyn。。。 la bataille du Gondor était géante （bien mieux que celle du gouffre même si legolas n'a pas tué d'oliphant。。。）， la scène où eomer croit sa sœur morte et s'éloigne pour surplomber les plaines du gondor et admirer la bataille， persuadé que son titre de roi ne sera jamais entendu ni connu par personne mais qu'il mourra au moins la tête haute afin d'honorer sa famille déchue。。。 les larmes quand il a croisé le regard d'aragorn et qu'ils ont croisés leurs épées， les larmes quand il a retrouvé eowyn en bonne santé， les larmes quand theoden n'a pas pu dire au revoir à sa nièce。。。。 - Gandalf， rien a dire d'autre。- Les personnages ont vraiment brillé dans ce tome， je n'ai pas encore cité Faramir qui a eu des tirades splendides， Sam bien sur， le véritable héro， et frodo qui semblait mort pour une bonne partie de ce tome mais qui se réveille ensuite en pleine tragédie， c'est si beau。- Les relations aussi ！！ Legolas et Gimli qui finissent ensemble voguant sur un petit bateau avant de pouvoir se reposer aux côtés de leurs amis， sam et frodo （une vraie histoire d'amour je maintiens） qui se réunisse à la fin de tt， bilbo et gandalf aussi， et eowyn et faramir， pippin et merry et l'Ent aussi ！ Le parallèle gollum/frodo。。。 grandiose - Les Ents， je les aime à la folie， leur histoire était la plus poétique。- la description de minas tirith était incroyablement vivante （distinction de classes， de races etc） et le fait que denethor n'était pas pathétique mais intelligent et noble （+ j'avais compris qu'il utilisait un palandir ahah）- le debut du livre VI était aussi génial， quand sam pense abandonner et qu'il se motive grâce à un chant de désolation et puis que frodo lui répond au loin。。。。 je chiale encore- et aussi gandalf a une bague ？？？ Il mérite Points négatifs :- Aragorn est malheureusement devenu insupportable quand il a enfin développé une personnalité， plus grosse déception de ce livre。 J'aime pourtant les personnages sarcastiques mais la il est juste devenu méchant puis imbu de lui-même。 Ok t'es le roi mais calme toi en fait （comment il critiquait eowyn。。。 j'ai encore la rage）- pourquoi arwen n'a pas le droit à une fin ？ - l'avant dernier chapitre sur la guerre de la shire ne m'a pas paru nécessaire， pippin et merry sont grave sorti de leur perso et le moment était juste long。 La mort de saruman， bien que méritée， ne m'a même pas paru satisfaisante - j'ai trouvé le passage au mont doom trop rapide， après la longue （mais intéressante ！） marche pour y arriver j'en attendais un peu plus on va pas se mentir J'ai envie de mettre 5/5 parce que la fin m'a clairement fait chialer， que l'aventure était extraordinaire et que j'ai adoré lire tolkien en duo avec ma mère mais， en tant que tome， même si je sais que c'est un unique livre de base， ces deux parties étaient inférieures à celles du tome précédent doooonc。。。4/5 Quelle aventure ！（Je pense mettre un bon 4/5 à lotr en général， certaines parties ont quelques longueurs mais ça valait vraiment le coup de s'accrocher） ❤⚔❤🌈 。。。more

Joshua Foster ，

A great tail to a great tale。

Yee ，

There were several notable deaths in this last part of the story。 An ironic situation existed in two different deaths during the battle of the Pelennor Fields。 One has fought until the end and faced an unexpected but heroic death， and another has given up his battle and chose a pathetic death。 Many crucial decisions were risked by analysing Sauron's psychological mind game。Book Review: The Return of the King （The Lord of the Rings， #3） by J。R。R。 Tolkien。 There were several notable deaths in this last part of the story。 An ironic situation existed in two different deaths during the battle of the Pelennor Fields。 One has fought until the end and faced an unexpected but heroic death， and another has given up his battle and chose a pathetic death。 Many crucial decisions were risked by analysing Sauron's psychological mind game。Book Review: The Return of the King （The Lord of the Rings， #3） by J。R。R。 Tolkien。 。。。more

Rita ，

Although I did not love the Lord of the Rings trilogy， I consider it a must-read for fans of fantastic literature。 My main criticism ois the excessive amount of details and short stories that do not always add much to the main action。 Thus， reading these books becomes， at times， boring。 It is still an incredible story， a unique universe， although I have to admit that the Hobbit is， in my opinion， much superior to the Lord of the Rings。 Not only because it has much more action， but also because o Although I did not love the Lord of the Rings trilogy， I consider it a must-read for fans of fantastic literature。 My main criticism ois the excessive amount of details and short stories that do not always add much to the main action。 Thus， reading these books becomes， at times， boring。 It is still an incredible story， a unique universe， although I have to admit that the Hobbit is， in my opinion， much superior to the Lord of the Rings。 Not only because it has much more action， but also because of the more imaginative and cheerful tone。 。。。more

Ayda Kikio ，

کتاب خوبی بود。 به نظرم نویسنده هیچ ایده ای برای سرنوشت فرودو و بیل بو و سه حلقه ی دیگر نداشت。 این من را کمی نا امید کرد。 شخصیت پردازی و ریتم داستان خوب بود。 فضاسازی در بعضی بخش های کتاب کمی ضعیف بود ولی قابل چشم پوشی است

Chris ，

Overall a good ending but one that as a book seems to fall for the series’ biggest weaknesses。 The slow pacing in particular hurt Return of the King more than the previous entries， as the first half was mostly a drag。 I don’t know why but it’s like Tolkien with these events following everyone but Frodo and Sam switches to this dreadfully dry way of presenting the story。 Why he decided to distance us from the characters so much in these important battles aside from a few standout scenes is a bit Overall a good ending but one that as a book seems to fall for the series’ biggest weaknesses。 The slow pacing in particular hurt Return of the King more than the previous entries， as the first half was mostly a drag。 I don’t know why but it’s like Tolkien with these events following everyone but Frodo and Sam switches to this dreadfully dry way of presenting the story。 Why he decided to distance us from the characters so much in these important battles aside from a few standout scenes is a bit baffling。The second half was once again much better， a running theme for the series。 Unfortunately， it wasn’t as consistently good as the last two books。 Frodo and Sam’s journey through Mordor and the Scouring of the Shire were particularly excellent but the celebrations between tragically fall back into the first half’s dreary “Then this happened。 Then this happened，” style of prose。In the end it’s a good book， but I was hoping to fall more in love with the series as I went on， not the opposite。 There was a certain wonder that pervaded even the most sleepy parts of Fellowship of the Ring that was unfortunately lost for large parts of the latter books。 These last two books felt like I was reading a dull history textbook in narrative form for the first half only to finally get back to the engaging story and that sense of wonder in the second half。 I’m glad I finally read these， but it is a bit sad I didn’t love them more。 。。。more

Dana Billett ，

Y'all。 I have been listening to this one on Spotify and let me tell you that the reading of this book was absolutely amazing。 I have never cried with this series and I balled because it was beautiful。 The audio book has the soundtrack playing in the background and sound effects that will quite literally make you feel so many things and that you are a part of this book。 I can't even。 Just go listen！ Y'all。 I have been listening to this one on Spotify and let me tell you that the reading of this book was absolutely amazing。 I have never cried with this series and I balled because it was beautiful。 The audio book has the soundtrack playing in the background and sound effects that will quite literally make you feel so many things and that you are a part of this book。 I can't even。 Just go listen！ 。。。more

Kat ，

5/5What can I say that hasn't been said many times and much more eloquently than I ever could？ Over three months of immersion in Middle Earth has come to a beautiful and bittersweet end。 I'm so glad to have gone on that journey and now it has ended I'm unsure what to do with my life！- Return of the King finishes off this incredible journey so well and the writing is emotional and poignant。- I love how the characters have developed and changed over the three books but especially how this finale s 5/5What can I say that hasn't been said many times and much more eloquently than I ever could？ Over three months of immersion in Middle Earth has come to a beautiful and bittersweet end。 I'm so glad to have gone on that journey and now it has ended I'm unsure what to do with my life！- Return of the King finishes off this incredible journey so well and the writing is emotional and poignant。- I love how the characters have developed and changed over the three books but especially how this finale shows the effects their journeys have had on them。 - Middle Earth is， as always， very well described and you feel like you're there in the book。 I could vividly imagine all the settings and events。I'm sorry to leave Middle Earth and its many wonders。 My kid has been asking me to read The Hobbit to them so very soon I'll start them off on their own journey。 I hope they'll love it as much as I have。 。。。more

Naga Sravika Bodapati ，

Find my review of The Return of the King （#3 in Lord of the Rings series）By J。R。R Tolkien Here: http://sravikabodapati。blogspot。com/2。。。 Find my review of The Return of the King （#3 in Lord of the Rings series）By J。R。R Tolkien Here: http://sravikabodapati。blogspot。com/2。。。 。。。more

Robert John Burton ，

Possibly the greatest epic in the English language （yes， I have read Milton）。 Engrossing （as all good stories）， thought-provoking， and perhaps most importantly， transformative。 I continue to be a better human being because of it。

Zeyabooks ，

from Imgflip Meme Generator من الأشياء الي تعجبني واجد وأحبها بس ما أقدر أحمس ليها。。 مو أي أحد يتحمل يكمل كتاب واحد。 واتوقع أني نفسي ساعدني على المواصلة اني شاهدت الأفلام وحبيتها وحبيت شخصياتها。My favorite part is the charge of the Rohirrim"At that sound the bent shape of the king sprang erect。 Tall and proud he seemed again; and rising in his stirrups he cried in a loud voice， more clear than any there had ever heard a mortal man achieve before:Arise， arise， Riders of Théoden！Fell deeds from Imgflip Meme Generator من الأشياء الي تعجبني واجد وأحبها بس ما أقدر أحمس ليها。。 مو أي أحد يتحمل يكمل كتاب واحد。 واتوقع أني نفسي ساعدني على المواصلة اني شاهدت الأفلام وحبيتها وحبيت شخصياتها。My favorite part is the charge of the Rohirrim"At that sound the bent shape of the king sprang erect。 Tall and proud he seemed again; and rising in his stirrups he cried in a loud voice， more clear than any there had ever heard a mortal man achieve before:Arise， arise， Riders of Théoden！Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter！spear shall be shaken， shield shall be splintered，A sword-day， a red day， ere the sun rises！Ride now， ride now！ Ride to Gondor！With that he seized a great horn from Guthláf his banner-bearer， and he blew such a blast upon it that it burst asunder。And straightaway all the horns in the host were lifted up in music， and the blowing of the horns of Rohan in that hour was like a storm upon the plain and a thunder in the mountains。。。"。。。。"His golden shield was uncovered， and lo！ it shone like an image of the Sun， and the grass flamed into green about the white feet of his steed。 For morning came， morning and a wind from the sea; and darkness was removed， and the hosts of Mordor wailed， and terror took them， and they fled， and died， and the hoofs of wrath rode over them。。。"。。。。"Then without taking counsel or waiting for the approach of the men of the City， he spurred headlong back to the front of the great host， and blew a horn， and cried aloud for the onset。 Over the field rand his clear voice calling: ‘Death！ Ride， ride to ruin and the world's ending！’And with that the host began to move。 But the Rohirrim sang no more。 Death they cried with one voice loud and terrible， and gathering speed like a great tide their battle swept about their fallen king and passed， roaring away southwards。"。。。。。 。。。more

junia ，

Loolollolololol。 This book did literally what i crave of all series， which is it essentially ended the story midway through and then covered EVERYTHING that happened afterwards。 But there's a reason why most authors don't do that。 Like good call， movie， for ending when it did。 Because the movie would essentially have been half epilogue。I found it an interesting author's choice to have the novel focalized through Samwise， but I suppose Frodo's narrative was always through Samwise's perspective。I Loolollolololol。 This book did literally what i crave of all series， which is it essentially ended the story midway through and then covered EVERYTHING that happened afterwards。 But there's a reason why most authors don't do that。 Like good call， movie， for ending when it did。 Because the movie would essentially have been half epilogue。I found it an interesting author's choice to have the novel focalized through Samwise， but I suppose Frodo's narrative was always through Samwise's perspective。I also realized that Tolkien doesn't really know how to do women。 It was okay but it was still pretty 1 dimensional。 Very virtuous， strong women。 But。 Yeah。 No thanks。I'm just glad i finally read these lol。There are definitely some epic lines around good and evil， character， and friendship。 :）Now I really want to rewatch the films。 。。。more

Carol Bakker ，

Oh the beauty。。。it almost physically hurts。 My husband was out of town （thus， hard for me to get asleep） when I finished this。 All my emotions from this year （loss， grief， change， relief， fatigue， uncertainty） coalesced in the book's conclusion。 I ugly-cried。 I sobbed。 And yet， they were gladsome tears。 Many know the last five words of this epic: 'Well， I'm back，' he said。 But I am filled by the sentences that come before。 These are the ingredients for healing: welcoming light， the warmth of a f Oh the beauty。。。it almost physically hurts。 My husband was out of town （thus， hard for me to get asleep） when I finished this。 All my emotions from this year （loss， grief， change， relief， fatigue， uncertainty） coalesced in the book's conclusion。 I ugly-cried。 I sobbed。 And yet， they were gladsome tears。 Many know the last five words of this epic: 'Well， I'm back，' he said。 But I am filled by the sentences that come before。 These are the ingredients for healing: welcoming light， the warmth of a fire， good food， ready。 And especially: a child in your arms。 And he went on， and there was yellow light， and fire within: and the evening meal was ready， and he was expected。 And Rose drew him in， and set him in his chair， and put little Elanor upon his lap。 。。。more

Katharine Campbell ，

And it only took me nine months！

Zach Christensen ，

I'm still nowhere near as in love with this series as most， but the second half of this book got significantly better。 Less clearly-linear journey through the forest， more complex character development and introspection about good and bad。 I'm still nowhere near as in love with this series as most， but the second half of this book got significantly better。 Less clearly-linear journey through the forest， more complex character development and introspection about good and bad。 。。。more

Peachless ，

I could describe this book/trilogy with a myriad of adjectives but instead I'll say it's simply fascinating。 I could describe this book/trilogy with a myriad of adjectives but instead I'll say it's simply fascinating。 。。。more

Alexis ，

3。5⭐️

Sarah ，

It's been a while since I've read these， and they completely blew me away。 The first two are wonderful， but the third is absolutely extraordinary and has so many moments and details that were left out of the movie that were just perfect。 It's been a while since I've read these， and they completely blew me away。 The first two are wonderful， but the third is absolutely extraordinary and has so many moments and details that were left out of the movie that were just perfect。 。。。more

Cocodras ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Este terceiro volume volve estar dividido en dous libros。 O primeiro， o Libro 5， está dedicado principalmente ás batallas da Guerra do Anel: o asedio de Minas Tirith， a viaxe dos rohirrim e de Aragorn e a súa compañía ata a cidade branca， a batalla dos campos de Pelennor， e a batalla da Porta Negra。 Trata， ademais， un tema moi interesante: a exclusión do grupo， o sentirse fóra de lugar。 Por diferentes motivos， Merri， Pipin e Éowyn sofren discriminación， pero logran superar o rexeitamento e logra Este terceiro volume volve estar dividido en dous libros。 O primeiro， o Libro 5， está dedicado principalmente ás batallas da Guerra do Anel: o asedio de Minas Tirith， a viaxe dos rohirrim e de Aragorn e a súa compañía ata a cidade branca， a batalla dos campos de Pelennor， e a batalla da Porta Negra。 Trata， ademais， un tema moi interesante: a exclusión do grupo， o sentirse fóra de lugar。 Por diferentes motivos， Merri， Pipin e Éowyn sofren discriminación， pero logran superar o rexeitamento e logran superarse a si mesmos。 O segundo libro， o Libro 6， está dedicado ao final da viaxe de Frodo e Sam， á destrución do anel， a fin da guerra e o retorno ao fogar。 Desfrutei moito con esta relectura d'O señor dos aneis。 Comprobei que esquecera moitos detalles， as diferencias coas películas （a miña secuencia favorita da película O regreso do rei， nin sequera aparece no libro porque as almenaras xa arden cando Pipin e Gandalf chegan á cidade）。 Encatoume ler sobre a estancia de Éowyn e Faramir nas casas da saúde， como ela saca o seu carácter guerreiro， pero tamén el mostra o seu bicándoa diante de todos， malia que non debía ser moi axeitado facelo， para demostrarlle ata onde chegan os seus sentimentos。 Ese é o remate do arco de dúas personaxes que estiveron parte da súa vida baixo o xugo de persoas dominantes e que por fin poden ser elas mesmas。 E， como non， foi unha delicia ler sobre a chegada á Comarca， a súa recuperación， a súa restauración e a súa repoboación grazas ao coidado e a o amor de Sam polas súas sementes。 Emocióname。 Iso sí， o final， como o das películas， non pode ser máis triste anque Gandalf diga aquilo de "Non vos direi que non choredes， pois non todas as bágoas son malas"。Ata a próxima， Precioso。 。。。more

Marina ，

i meaaaan， it was good。 it was funny that the main event happened a hundred pages before the end :）and now onto the movies！

Shannon Wilcox ，

The ending was。。。 Very strange lol

Alba ，

4，5

Collin ，

Incredible book， if a bit wordy。 Perfect ending to the series。 I cried at the end， however I did not read the 150 page appendices

JJ ，

Audiobook re-read as part of the Reddit year long read-along。 Audiobook re-read as part of the Reddit year long read-along。 。。。more

Rukhsar （rukhimonster） ，

Did anyone else get hungry reading LOTR？ I must be a hobbit because I’m always thinking about my next meal。 Second breakfast？ Sign me up！！ In other news， I’ve finally finished all three parts！！ But I guess I have to read The Silmarillion now…My “I feel seen” moment in this part of LOTR was definitely when Aragorn was trying to heal everyone and he gets to Merry and this happens:suddenly Merry awoke， and he said:“I am hungry。 What is the time？”This one time I woke up from a procedure and the firs Did anyone else get hungry reading LOTR？ I must be a hobbit because I’m always thinking about my next meal。 Second breakfast？ Sign me up！！ In other news， I’ve finally finished all three parts！！ But I guess I have to read The Silmarillion now…My “I feel seen” moment in this part of LOTR was definitely when Aragorn was trying to heal everyone and he gets to Merry and this happens:suddenly Merry awoke， and he said:“I am hungry。 What is the time？”This one time I woke up from a procedure and the first thing I asked the doctor was， “Can I please eat pasta now？”Also can we please talk about what an adorable ending Sam gets？！ 。。。more

John Sturges ，

Solid 8。5 out of ten。

Sunit ，

Good book， but TOO long。 Should have ended right after the war。 The journey back and all that stuff is just too much

Book BABY ，

Fantastic and gratifying end to one of the best fantasy worlds ever created。 Anything great that is built， likely stands on the shoulders of this titan of fantasy。

Seth Wass ，

Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmm

Madhukara ，

Best of the trilogy。

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