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Best Fantasy Novels (20) » 44 more Favourite Books (153) 1950s (2) Folio Society (66) Ambleside Books (62) Overdue Podcast (15) Favorite Long Books (138) Backlisted (13) Top Five Books of 2017 (478) Childhood Favorites (102) Nifty Fifties (6) Authors from England (17) Books tagged favorites (117) Books Read in 2016 (3,600) Books Read in 2018 (2,013) Books Read in 2017 (2,952) Books Read in 2001 (133) Books Read in 2021 (86) Rory Gilmore Book Club (112) Favorite Childhood Books (1,537) Unread books (943) No current Talk conversations about this book. This is an excellent ending to a great adventure, and well written by the author. I loved all the familiar characters lovingly depicted in the movie of the same name. ( ![]() It was good. The ending is weird. I might need to read it again. The Return of the King - Tolkien Audio performance by Andy Serkis 5 stars I’ll say it again. Andy Serkis nailed the Gollum voice. I can still hear that last scream…Precious! It’s well worth having this audio version for that alone. But, I still did not listen to the whole book. I’d rather read the many songs than listen to Serkis or Rob Inglis ( the other audiobook edition) try to sing them. I understand why Serkis would give Treebeard a deep, very slow voice, but I didn’t think slowing Aragorn and Legolas added anything to the text. I’m being unreasonably picky. I’m grateful that these new recordings brought me back to these books for yet another reread. I want to be a hobbit in my next life. The little hobbit and his trusty companion make a terrible journey to the heart of the land of the Shadow in a final reckoning with the power of Sauron. Tells of the opposing strategies of the wizard Gandalf and the evil Sauron as Frodo amd Sam struggle to end the great darkness with the Ring of Power. The Lord of the Rings is undoubtedly one of the greatest fantasy epics of all time, but damn, does the last book in the trilogy always throw me… Obviously it is a necessary conclusion to the saga of the One Ring journeying back to Mordor and being destroyed, but I always find it a bit of a slog to get through. It’s far too much boys and battles, swords and suffering, before we actually get to the conclusion, which winds up feeling rather anticlimactic as Gollum/Smeagol wrestles with Frodo and falls into the fires of Mount Doom with the Ring clasped in his fist. There are a few bright moments of wonderful storytelling (Eowyn’s disguise, Merry and Pippin’s unexpected adventures, and the return to the Shire are some of my favourites), but the worldbuilding here felt a lot less exciting than in the previous two volumes and Tolkien’s language becomes so “inspired” by the sagas of old that it becomes archaic and loses some of its original flair. Even paired with Alan Lee’s paintings in this specific volume (which are lovely, if not as animated as others he’s done due to the setting of this storyarc), my opinion that this is my least favourite of the trilogy still stands.
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. Is contained inThe Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect) The J. R. R. Tolkien Deluxe Edition Collection: " The Children of Hurin " , " The Silmarillion " , " The Hobbit " and " The Lord of the Rings " by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect) LORD OF THE RINGS, SILMARILLION, HOBBIT, BOOK OF LOST TALES, UNFINISHED TALES IN 8 VOLS Easton Press by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect) ContainsIs retold inHas the adaptationInspiredHas as a commentary on the text
For over fifty years, J.R.R. Tolkien's peerless fantasy has accumulated worldwide acclaim as the greatest adventure tale ever written. No other writer has created a world as distinct as Middle-earth, complete with its own geography, history, languages, and legends. And no one has created characters as endearing as Tolkien's large-hearted, hairy-footed hobbits. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings continues to seize the imaginations of readers of all ages, and this new three-volume paperback edition is designed to appeal to the youngest of them. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elvensmiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, still it remained lost to him . . . No library descriptions found.
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