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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. The Return of the King is far and away the best book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In this third chapter, the events of the other two books come together as the land of middle earth is plunged into all out war between Sauron and his orcs and the pitifully fragile humans. Frodo continues his journy to destroy the ring of power while facing trickery from the devlish Gollum/Smeagol. Meanwhile, Sauron is putting together an army to destroy all humans left, focusing on Gondor's capital of Minas Tirith, and with the help of his Nazgul Witch-King, almost succeds in doing so. However, just in the nick of time, Aragorn shows up with an undead army to overwhelm Sauron's forces and restore hope that men will survive, as Frodo grows ever closer to destroying thier source of pain. Finally, after a long and ardous journey, Frodo makes it to Mount Doom, where he casts the ring into its fire, destroying it once and for all. After this success, Aragorn is rightfully named king and Frodo and his hobbit friends return to the shire, only to discover it has been taken over by Saruman, an evil wizard. After a brief uprising they manage to take back thier home, and they can finally live in peace. While the movie adaptaion of this book is ceartainly very good, it leaves much left out, and anyone who was intrested by the movie should definetley read the book as it is truly a classic The final part of The Lord of the Rings recounts the last stand of the forces of good against the Dark Lord and the rebirth of hope in the decimated Middle Earth. The world of Middle Earth is as richly described by Tolkien as ever, and the appendices provide those truly interested in the world a massive amount of back story and guides that those only here for the main story can safely skip. The diverse set of characters is as rich as ever, and the many separate plots all come to satisfying conclusions. The narration of the audio book, done by Rob Inglis, brings the characters to life with interesting voices, although some may find the singing of the songs within the book to be rather unpleasant to the ears. This trilogy has endured for a long while, and the strength of this final volume shows just how powerful a story it is that will remain on many "must read" lists for time to come. The Return of the King is a fantasy/adventure novel. It is about a war that is going on between the evil Sauron and the rest of Middle-Earth (the location the book takes place in). Sauron is searching for the Ring of Power, and the rest of Middle-Earth is trying to destroy it. They have sent out Frodo, the main character, and eight others to make sure the job gets done. Sam, Frodo's used-to-be-gardner and now-companion, and Frodo are in Mordor (the country where Sauron is). They are trying to get the Ring to the place where it was made to get rid of it once and for all, while the seven others of the original Company are attempting to buy Sam and Frodo time to get it done. I really enjoyed this book. It is well written, but one thing bugs me. It is how he chooses to tell the different points of view in the story. In Book Five (the first part of the Return of the King) the story is not focused on Sam and Frodo, and in Book Six it is. When it the point of view "switched" back to Frodo and Sam, it was like going back in time which really confused me. The book also uses old English, which did not bother me but it could bug others. The plot was interesting and it had a few interesting twists. Overall, this was a very good book. This book is the third book of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord Of The Rings", and it's amazing! I like this book because it adds a lot of detail and has very interesting characters, like their races, such as an elf, hobbit, or dwarf. This book has a lot of imagry in it, and it commonly adds a few events that you would not expect (such as in the previous books, those who have read, you know what I am talking about). I would recommend this book to anyone who likes fiction, a descriptive, moderately challenging book with a good plot.
Nobody seems to have a moderate opinion: either, like myself, people find it a masterpiece of its genre or they cannot abide it . . . The demands made on the writer's powers in an epic as long as 'The Lord of the Rings' are enormous . . . but I can only say that Mr. Tolkien has proved equal to them.
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Es ist ein Klassiker der Trivialliteratur. Der Leser erfährt auf einfache Weise Dinge aus der germanischen Sagenwelt. Schon dass ist doch in der heutigen Fernsehwelt ein Erfolg.Es ist doch erfreulich, dass Schüler Tolkien lesen,anstatt GZSZ im Fernsehen als das Maß aller Dinge anzusehen.
Bei der alten Übersetzung erfährt man sogar die Schönheit der deutschen Sprache.Am Ende ist es ein wenig lang geraten.