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Summary: Triumphant conclusion, bravo Tolkien!
Review: This book, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, is the perfect ending to this wonderful Fantasy Fiction series. This book has amazing descriptive writing by J.R.R. Tolkien about the lands of Middle Earth. He describes the vast landscapes of Rohan where the book starts with Gandalf, Aragorn, Pippin, Merry, Legolas and Gimli in service to the king. From how he describes it, the land is gorgeous and mountainous. Like Gondor, the lands are grassy and vast. It reminds me of the mountains of Switzerland or Australian plains. In the beginning, when he describes all the work they're doing for the king, he talks and rambles on a little, but after you get through that, it's all good from there. .. There are many battle scenes here, where the orcs come from Mordor, and Tolkien has good descriptions of it, so it seems like you're almost there, in a land that doesn't exist.
After all the fighting scenes and the battles are over, Tolkien begins to describe Frodo, Sam, and Gollum's quest to destroy the Ring. Of .. .. The ending is stupendous, and it's worth reading the first two just to get to the ending of this book. It's really touching and it may draw a few tears.
Tolkien had the writing style of explaining things that may not be very significant at the time, but he does explain things very well enough so you can fully understand what's going on. For characters, he may go on about their heritage a little too long, but he does explain very well what their certain quest is to do and how they can do it. He may put a little too much talking in there, so much that you could become confused as to what is really going on, but you can get the main concept.
The readers who would enjoy this book the most would be probably teens because the vocabulary is really expanded, but that can never be bad. It is a harder level, but I wouldn't even bother reading it if you haven't read the first two, because you would probably become really confused. I definitely recommend this book; it is a must-read. It's full of action and adventure. It also has a love story between Aragorn and Arwen, along with a story of wits and determination of two young hobbits.
Tolkien is in my opinion the most brilliant writer of his time. The Lord of the Rings are without a doubt the greatest epic novels of all time, with the amazing characters, landscapes, and story plots. This story has no boring parts; it is filled with excitement and drama. The end will make you feel wonderful and just make your day. I hope you enjoy it and love it as much as me, along with millions of others have.
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Summary: The Return of the King
Review: THE RETURN OF THE KING
BY; J.R.R. TOLKIEN
*****
This book jumps into two sections. In the first section the main characters are Merry, and Pippin two Hobbits, Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, Gandalf the Wizard, Aragorn the Ranger, Théoden the King of Rohan, Eomer, Eowyn, and Faramir. In the second section it is Frodo, and Sam also Hobbits. The first part of the story with the first characters they are fighting to save the city of Gondor. They fight against man, orcs, and other horrible creatures of the Dark Lord Sauron. In the second half it is about Sam finding his master Frodo deep inside the land of Mordor. Frodo and Sam must make there way past Sauron's army and make it to the fires of Mt. Doom. With each step the burden of the Ring of power on Frodo grows. It feels much heavier. It's taking control of him. Will Frodo make it to Mt. Doom? Will he be able to cast the ring into the fires or will its hold on him be his downfall? There is a third part and the Hobbits that are living return home and find out they have to save that as well.
This story has good strengths. It all played out. I would suggest reading the other books first. There weren't many weaknesses in the story. I couldn't find any. But if you don't like the jumping around then I wouldn't suggest it to you.
I would recommend this book to you if you like the myths of the world along with humans mixed together in the fight to survive.
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Summary: The Last Book in the Amazing Trilogy
Review: The Return of the King is just as amazing as the other two books in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It has no boring parts, and is action packed and filled with excitement. If you've read the first two books in he trilogy, you must read this. The conclusion is amazing, and will leave you feeling warm inside. You will enjoy every second of it, and will miss the series when it's over. This book is another classic in the without a doubt best fantasy series ever written. I hope you enjoy it as much as i did.
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Summary: Great and deservedly acclaimed
Review: I guess the release of the movie will stimulate interest in the book. So I'm writing this for those who know the film but not the book. There are some minor differences in plot, inevitably, but both Tolkien's Trilogy and the Peter Jackson movie trilogy are great. I REALLY great. After vast battles and perils the forces of good previal, and Middle-Earth is saved, but at a cost. Tolkien unfortunately, I think, cut the final chapter from this, which provides a satisfactorily epilogue. It can, however, be found in his collected work elsewhere. The book also contains valuable appendices, chronologies, notes on the languages of middle-earth, etc. It's hard to say more about something so well-known, but if you loved the film you ought to love the book, too. Incidentally, Hal GP Colebatch's book 'Return of the Heroes", which I have reviewed on its own page, gives an interesting and insightful socio-political analysis all Tolkienties should enjoy.
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Summary: An amazing novel
Review: The Return of the King is the final book of the trilogy. The Return of the King is the most suspenseful of the trilogy for a couple of reasons. The first, it is the climax. The second is the order of events. The Two Towers ends with Frodo captured and Sam trying to rescue him. But the story line is not continued until the battle at Minas Tirith is resolved. And the battle at Minas Tirith is exciting as well. When Tolkien finally returns to Sam and Frodo, he leaves of with the Captains of the West making battle before Mordor. Just the order of events makes this one of the most exiting books I have read. The story begins with Pippin and Gandalf arriving in Minas Tirith. Denethor is a proud ruler who has fallen into folly. Pippin enters Gondor's service and Merry enters Rohan's service. Merry rides to battle with Dernhelm. After the battle, the captains ride to Mordor to draw attention from Frodo and Sam. Frodo and Sam make their way to Oroduin, where Gollum becomes an unlikely hero. After the wedding of Aragorn and Arwen, the hobbits return to the Shire, where a terrible shock awaits them. The movie does a nice job, but it was not long enough to include everything. If you're looking at this book, you have probably read the first two, and are ready to get this one. If you have liked Tolkien's other work, I encourage you to purchase the Silmarillion, which shows the beginning of middle earth through the tragedy of the Nolder.
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Summary: Great book...but I'm glad the movies are out!
Review: Love this series and love the final book. I just re-read it to prepare myself for the movie. As much as I love the books, I'm so glad Peter Jackson veered from the book and beefed up the roles of Legolas, Gimli, in addition to the battle scenes. Tolkien was one of the greatest creative minds of all time, but he didn't do a good job with the action, nor with Legolas and Gimli. I do love how he wrote Aragorn, Gandalf, Frodo, Samwise and the other hobbits. All in all, a great book and a great series (and an amazing set of movies!). I wish Tolkien were still around to write more adventures. I would have loved to know what happened to some of those guys and gals!!!
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Summary: A Timeless Classic
Review: (In the opinion of NMC) -It's three days after the Battle of Helm's Deep, and Middle Earth is at war. Sauron, the Dark Lord, prepares to attack Minas Tirith - the last stronghold of men. However, a hobbit walks the streets. Pippin and Gandalf had ridden to Minas Tirith, and Pippin has offered his services to Denethor, ruler of the city.
Merry rides with Rohan, for he has pledged allegience to King Theoden. Halbarad, Elladan, Elrohir, and the Dunedain rangers have come to help Aragorn as he rides to the Paths of
the Dead. As Sauron's horde marches on Minas Tirith, Frodo, Sam, and Gollum continue their journey to the Mountain of Fire.
This phenomenal book told a rich story through well-defined characters. J. R. R. Tolkien gives voluminous amounts of details to end up with the classic that is Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.
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Summary: the return of the king
Review: Chad Rodgers
The Return of the King The Return of the King, part three of The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the best books I have read in quite a while. In this book Frodo and Sam are approaching the conclusion of their long and exhausting quest, but Gollum is tight on their trail. Merry and Pippin have been estranged into two different kingdoms. Pippin is a warrior, who serves to king Théoden. Merry is a servant to the steward of Gondor. Aragorn has a major decision to make, and is on his perilous journey back to Rivendell, because of Arwen.
I think that this book is very well written, and has a lot of complex words that can improve the readers vocabulary. The Return of the King is the third in its trilogy, and I think it would be allot easier for the reader if he or she read the first two Lord of the Rings books before reading on to the third. This book was very exciting and I think that it is one of the greatest epics of our time. I also think that this is the best book out of the three Lord of the Rings books. Over all this is a really great book. This book took me quite some time to read and I think that a more skilled reader would be able to go through it and enjoy it more resourcefully. I also think that guys would be more interested in this book because there is a lot of fighting and warfare involved in it. I would recommend it to high school aged people because it is really a complicated book to read. Anyone who has enjoyed books about warfare or fantasy would take pleasure in reading this book a great deal.
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Summary: Stunning and Deep
Review: I have read this book 4 times, and expect to read it perhaps 20 or more times before I die. Such a book as deep and priceless as this simply cannot be written and marketed in todays shallow consumerist world. This book is a priceless treasure. When I finish the Return of the King, I can feel it in my bones for several weeks afterwards. The sadness and nobility of this work of art lingers like a sword-wound from a wraith, though immensly pleasurable.
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Summary: A Review for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Review: This review will tell you a brief report on The Return of the King by J.R.R Tolkein. The book starts off with Sam and Frodo adventuring. They run into many hardships. Then the war at Minas Tirith takes place. Many casualties happen in the war but in the midst of fighting Sauron's forces just disappear. If you want to know what happened... READ THE BOOK! This book was really good. It pulls you in so you can't stop reading until you finish. This is one of the major parts in the book that really amazed me. I also liked how Tolkein wrote this book. The writing really was astonishing and I think he used exactly the right words. Another element that I found in this book that was phenomenal is that he describes things in the book very well. Obviously Tolkein has a wonderful talent for writing and I feel that this book was excellent.
I did not dislike this book at all. Although I wish Tolkein could describe the characters more and the scenery that a certain character is in. The other thing I did not like was that sometimes things could be too long in this book, which would make some parts boring. This was one feeling I hated when reading this book because it is pretty lengthy. The last but not least thing that I did not like about this book is that sometimes I couldn't understand at times what Tolkein was trying to say because he uses advanced vocabulary, which is why this book is not for kids. This book was wonderful but if Tolkein could fix the problems that I mentioned it would be breathtaking. Overall I did not think that this book was bad at all. I would recommend this book to any adult or young adult who loves fantasy and enjoys a long sit-down because this book is very lengthy. In my opinion before I read this wonderful book I would read the first two books of this trilogy. Thank you for reading my report I hope you liked it.
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