The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, Book 3)

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Summary: The beginning of a new era
Review: As heads roll, wizards duel, and fire consumes Middle-earth, the intricately devised world of J.R.R. Tolkien, the weight of the world rests solely on the back of Frodo, the hobbit. Small as he may be, Frodo is the only creature capable of carrying the all-powerful ring to its demise in the fires of Mount Doom. The ring was a creation of the dark lord Sauron made to ensure that he will always have power in the world. For even though the wearer of the ring has the power to defeat any force that would come against him/her, Sauron's will of evil would always shine through any goodwill that the ring wearer would intend. The defeat of Sauron's forces and the destruction of the ring is the final ending that Frodo and all creatures on the side of good strive for.
The Return of the King, the third and final book of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, reveals the fate of the ring, the beginning of a new era in Middle- earth, and the final time of union for the fellowship. Many great battles ensue as legions of men at set to defend great fortresses against the force of Sauron consisting of devilish creatures, orcs. Very similar to the second book, The Two Towers, the third installment switches to and fro from the battles to the journey of the Riders of Rohan to the voyage of Frodo and his companion Sam, another hobbit. As the story goes on, the situation becomes dire for the survival of men and the castles they defend. Gandalf, the good wizard, takes leadership of the good forces and leads the men into battles that cannot be won as the battles are the only choice left for the unified troops of Gondor and Rohan.
Tolkien uses the power of the ring and the hopelessness of victory to display the flaws of men. The ring is the seed of all power in the world. If a man were presented with the opportunity to have the ring, he could not refuse as Tolkien describes. Frodo, the most humblest of all the creatures, knows he cannot control the power of the ring: therefore, he is not tricked into taking the ring as his own. When Minas Tirith is then upon siege, the great king Denethor feels his days are numbered. Then his son, Faramir, is brought to him in fatal condition but not yet dead. Denethor because of the situation changes from mighty ruler to suicidal madman. He threatens to kill himself and his son and proves that men can defeat themselves just as Gandalf had warned.
To say that this book is detailed is an understatement. Tolkien provides a clear description of the scenery and of each creature the lives in the world. Each kingdom of men is chronicled from king to king and war to war. Although the lineage of every man in the book is impressive, it is can become confusing when a paragraph is dedicated to genealogy and the next paragraph is a narrative of the most important decision in the chapter. The book is loaded with action and is hard to put down. With the third movie in the series coming out at the end of the year, now would be a great time to enjoy the book that answers all the questions about the ring, the fellowship, and the beginning of the new era.

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Summary: The Return of the King - A review
Review: The Return Of The King

My Review is on The Return of the King. The book takes place

in a fantasy land known as Middle Earth.

The conflict is between the forces of Mordor and Gondor, which

are countries, and between Frodo and the ring. The ring is

evil and has a will of its own. It is a powerful weapon on the

finger of Sauron. The ring tries to consume Frodo as it did

to Gollum, a former halfling who was corrupted by the ring.

The ring is trying to get back to Sauron, its master and

creator. Sauron is the Lord of wickedness and darkness who

resides in Mordor, a wretched land.

With his Ring Wraiths Sauron plans to reclaim his stolen ring

from Frodo, who is a halfling. Frodo is trying to bring the

ring to Mount Doom, the only place the ring can be destroyed.

At one point in the book, the King of Rohan, his emminence,

known by the name, Theodin, shouts "Arise, arise, riders of

Theodin!" while he is preparing to aid Gondor. He then

finishes with,"Ride now, ride now, ride to Gondor!"

The story takes place after the prequels to it, Fellowship of

the Ring and The Two Towers. If you haven't read the prequels,

or at least watched the movies, I would advise against reading

Return of the King. The story is about the armies of Middle

Earth and Mordor clashing and the continuing journey of Frodo

and Sam journeying to Mordor to try to destroy Sauron's ring at

Mount Doom. Gollum continues as well with Frodo and has his

own sneaky intentions.

The book is large by my standards but its better that way. It

is an excellent book if you enjoy fantasy and reading of epic

battles. In the story it mentions the Paths of the Dead. Yes,

this will probably confuse you at first, but it is revealed

later in the story. If you read the first two books and

enjoyed them, reading The Return of the King is a must. I

enjoyed reading the book and hope you do as well.

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Summary: How it Ended
Review: A Review by Stephen

Frodo and Sam are on there way to mount morordor. On there way they meet many evils and survive many great perils. Not known to them is the war going on in the pelader fields where the mighty forces of sauron are waging war with the humans. Bit by bit the forces of sauron are winning and the eye of morordor is growing stronger the forces of good are on the verge of total destruction.

This book was a bit of a slow book but don't let that get you down this book has a great storyline fierce battles described areas items and people. There are some hard words but with the surrounding context it is easy to find out what they mean. Everything in this book is well thought out and nobody could match this kind of talent for such a great series. The book it thought overall was too short and it should have been at least 400 pages long and should have had a couple more battles and maybe 1 or 2 more characters to help out and play a major part in the final book.

This book was definitely one of the best books I have ever read. I would recommend this book to strong readers and only if you have read the rest of the series and had interest in them. If you want to read this book then do it.

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Summary: Lord Of The Rings Book Review
Review: Return Of The King by J,R,R Tolkien is the third and final book in his trilogy The Lord Of The Rings. It is a good book for kids ten and up. It starts off with Gandalf riding with Merry to Minas Tirith, a city in Middle Earth (Middle Earth is the land were all this happens) but far away Sam, who is a Hobbit from the shire (the shire is a peaceful place were Hobbits live) is trying to make up his mind to save Frodo from Orcs (Orcs are creatures who were mutated by evil) who have captured him. Frodo is another Hobbit from the shire. The other option for Sam is to keep going and destroy the ring of power so that evil will be gone forever. Will the ring be destroyed or will darkness rule, it all depends on two hobbits? Meanwhile back in Minas, Tirith the armies of Mordor have gone to destroy Gondor (the main land of men). Will Aragorn and his company Legalas Greenleaf, the Elf and Gimli, the Dwarf save the day once again and will Arogorn take his place as the rightful king of men? Aragorn is the heir to Gondor and a ranger in Rivendale. I recommend that you should read the first two books first. At the beginning of the trilogy the Hobbits thought they were going on a small journey but in the middle of the trilogy they were gloomy and had hardly any hope and at the end they pushed and resisted evil and they were glad. I learned that if you want something hard enough you can achieve it. At first the book is confusing because it is switching from Frodo and Sam to Aragorn and his companions. What I really liked was the detail he put into the world were the books take place.
Books also written by Tolkien: The Silmarilian (the book of the beginning of Middle Earth), The Hobbit (prelude to The Lord of the Rings), The Fellowship of the Ring (book one in the Lord of the Rings trilogy), and The Two Towers (the second book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy).

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Summary: Too long
Review: I would give this book four stars out of five. This is because the book is good with all the twists and turns, you don't know what's going to happen next. But the book is so long that the author spends too much time trying to describe places or towns that the book starts to get boring. I couldn't say that I was surprised at most of the events that happened in this book.He should of put a few random twists and turns. So this book is ok.

The book starts in a place called Middle-Earth, a dark lord called Sauron created a ring, which had the power to destroy the world. Now Frodo and Sam have that ring and are on a quest to destroy that ring.

This book was created by a man named J.R.R. Tolkien. He was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa in 1892. His father died during his childhood. After school, he joined the army. After that he found his wife and started the Lord of the Ring books.

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Summary: Perfect finale
Review: I guess most of the people reading a review for this book must be LOTR fans; otherwise, why would they have bothered reading the first two? Keeping that in mind, I would say that "Return of the King" might be my favorite of the three. We are introduced to the land of Gondor, the last stronghold against the dark lord Sauron. There is naturally a great battle sequence in this book as the free peoples of the West defend the city of Minas Tirith from the winged Nazgul and Sauron's minions. We are introduced to some new characters, such as Denethor, the aging steward of Gondor, and the King of the Nazgul, who challenges Gandalf to a final dual. I don't want to give too much of the plot away, but I do think it's interesting that the fate of the ring is decided with nearly one hundred pages left in the story. The remaining chapters are devoted to following up on the various characters, and Tolkien does this nicely. He does not leave any loose ends; Aragorn, Gandalf, Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Legolas, Gimli, Eomer, Faramir, Eowyn, Arwen, Galadriel, Elrond, Bilbo, all of these characters are firmly situated at the end of the story. I also like how Tolkien follows the four hobbits back to the Shire, where they find out that things are not the same. He could have taken them on an amazing adventure and left it at that, but instead he lets them learn from their adventures to the benefit of the Shire. Although the outcome of the story is good, we are left feeling somewhat despondent, since the elves are departing and the "third age" is coming to an end. All in all, this trilogy is simply one of a kind; I don't think I'll ever again enjoy sci-fi or fantasy that doesn't bear the Tolkien label.

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Summary: This book is awesome!
Review: This book is one of the best books I've read in a long time. I love all 3 books of the Lord of the Rings, but this book has to be my favorite. It tells what happens to Frodo at the end of his quest to distroy the one ring of power. It tells what exacly happens to all the characters and I for one was very impressed by the detail. It did get kind of slow in the middle, but that eventually wore off like most books do. I would recomend this book to anyone that enjoys adventure and fantasy. These books are truly one of a kind and J.R.R Tolkien was a genius!
~Laura

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Summary: A book thats beter than it's movie!
Review: J.R.R Tolkien has become my favorite author very quickly. His books are amazing to read, and stimulate my mind. I read this books for a series of school book reports, and enjoyed remembering the beauty of this book. The Retern of the King, being the most exiting book in the series, has a wonderful plot that keeps you in the book to the very last page.
In the Retern of the King the last forces of the free people defend themseves from the rising evil in the land of Mordor. Frodo and Sam head off to destroy the ring of power. The race to save the middle earth is on and the question is who will be left in the end?
I would recomend this book to people into medival ages and fantacy people.

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Summary: Five Stars wasn't enough for this book...
Review: If you have read the other 2 books in this series, then this book is a must. To begin with, the ending of The Two Towers leaves you hanging so much that you need to go to a bookstore immediatly to find out what happens. Of course, instead of telling what happens to Frodo and Sam first, you hear about Legolas, Aragorn, Pippin, Merry and company. This part of the book is one that you cant skip, otherwise you wont understand the plot. I would give details of what happens, but that is for you to find out!

If you haven't read The Two Towers, but have seen the movie, you need to read The Two Towers first. At the end of the movie they leave out about 100 pages of the book. If you haven't read the Fellowship of the Ring, i suggest that you read that also, as it includes many characters that you don't hear about in the movie, and is more fulfilling than the movie is.

In all, I suggest that you read this book, and stop questioning whether you should or not. If you haven't read the series, read that first. The Hobbit is a very good book to start off with, so that would be good to read first. Go on, click on the buy it now button!

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Summary: Darker First Half Soars
Review: The journey is now ended. I have finally finished the Lord of the Rings. Savouring the last page of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Return of the King is a bittersweet moment. It is hard to say good-bye to these wonderful characters. The first half of this book was dazzling in its darkness and the entire book was only marred a little by the anticlimatic last hundred pages (excepting the delightful last two chapters set in the Shire, still amounting to four chapters of good-bying.) But that is being too nit-picky for a trilogy that gives such intense pleasure and created such vibrant figures of fantasy. Gandalf and Frodo, particularly, will always live on as they deserve to do.