The Return of the King

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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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Summary: A very satisfying conclusion
Review: The Return of The King concludes the adventures of the people of middle-earth that were chronicled in The Fellowship of The Ring and then in The Two Towers. As in the previous two installments The Return of The King is divided into two books, Book 5 and Book 6.

Book 5 takes place in the land of Gondor, one of the last resisting outposts to the dark forces of Sauron. New characters are introduced such as the evil king of nazgul, Dernhelm the warrior of Rohan and most notably Denethor, the steward of Gondor and father of Boromir and Faramir who is now living in his twilight years. The characters of Faramir and Eowyn are also expanded on in considerable detail. In preparation of Sauron's dark forces waging a battle against Gondor, Aragorn gathers around his armies to fight back. Pippin and Gandalf ride into Gondor and Pippin becomes part of the towerguard. Many people of Rohan also join Gondor in the fight, including Dernhelm, King Theoden and Merry, who was left behind in The Two Towers. As the forces of Sauron approach and the great battle begins, Denethor slips into madness and becomes suicidal, wanting to pull his own son Faramir down with him.

It's not until halfway through the novel, in book 6, that we get to read about Sam and Frodo. After a climactic battle in the tower of Cirith Ungol against the giant spider Shelob, Frodo is captured and now a prisoner of the Orcs. Sam however has managed to escape with the ring. His first instinct tells him that he must now carry on the quest to destroy the ring by himself but as loneliness and the weight of the ring bears in on him, he decides to turn around and attempt to rescue Frodo. As Sam and Frodo continue their journey and etch closer and closer to the fires of Mount Doom, they encounter several obstacles along the way, including marching armies of Orcs and the ever-looming presence of the slinking creature Gollum.

Book 5 and book 6 are quite different in tone and structure. Book 5 is admitedly very wordy and talkative. There are lots of slow passages and in-depth character development that often made me wonder whether I really was reading the conclusion to one of the greatest epics of all time. The battle sequence is only described over 20 pages or so. The author does not go into great detail attempting to describe it however, he places such vivid images in the head of the reader that we can easily picture in our minds what is going on. The reward for reading through the at-times murky first half of the novel is that when we fnally get to follow the adventures of Sam and Frodo in Book 6 the action becomes non-stop and the suspense never lets up. Tolkien is so good at describing their journey that he managed to make me feel what the charactes were feeling. As I was reading, I actually started to feel hungry, thirsty, physically drained and increasingly sympathetic towards Sam's frustration with Gollum's antics.

Curiously, by the time Sam and Frodo's journey comes to an end, there is still about 100 pages to go. These first few pages start off with reunions, gatherings and farewells. As I was reading these first few pages, I started to worry about the the daunting prospect of having to read through 100 pages of farewells and sob stories but it turns out ol' Tolkien had a few more tricks up his sleeve. As the hobbits return to the Shire, they discover one last major obstacle awaiting them. These pages are easily among some of the best in the entire series.

Reading The Return of The King on the eve of its theatrical release, I can barely contain my excitement and anticipation at seeing the spider Shelob, the cracks of Mount Doom and especially the battle of Gondor put to film. It is rumoured that the battle of Gondor will be the biggest battle scene in cinematic history. In an interview I read Peter Jackson mentions that the grandeur of this battle will easily eclipse the epic battlle at Helm's Deep in The Two Towers. To give an idea of just how big the battle will be consider this: At Helm's Deep there were approximately 300 middle-earthians defending the wall and 10000 Orcs trying to barge through it. Well, multiply the number of people behind the wall by 5 and the number of Orcs by 7 and that will be the battle of Gondor.

Suffice to say, I cannot recommend this book highly enough. I find The Return of The King to be the most satisfying part of the trilogy. And as for the slow moments, they are alleviated by Tolkien's beautiful artistic prose filled with ultra-clever metaphors. There is a difference between simply reading Tolkien and understanding Tolkien and I am quite pleased to see that other reviewers have enjoyed this book as much as I have.

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Summary: Best of all!!!!
Review: I would have to say this Lord of the Rings book is the best of all three. It is so well written and the story is just beautiful. This is the one where all of the emotion is put out and you just want to cry in some parts or just become so tense that you feel as if you're in the battle of the Pelennor fields or on the cracks of doom. Pure beauty and a must read for ages to come for all ages.