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Le Retour du Roi

J.R.R. Tolkien

4.48 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

It’s been 24 years since the first time I read The Lord of the Rings series and oh the things that I had forgotten. My heart broke over and over for Frodo and reforged by the love of Samwise and bravery of Merry and Pippin. It’s funny to me that in the forward for Fellowship, Tolkien said he’d purposefully written a “boring” story when this series is far from boring. I absolutely reread this series at the right time in my life and will forever love it. 

I did not read the appendices… these books have wayyyyy more songs than the movies - we were robbed!!! 
adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous emotional slow-paced

I’m getting emotional! What a journey, what a ride, I am blown away. Time for the movies!

It’s hard to believe a few years ago I was struggling with the first half of Fellowship. As I grew accustomed to the writing style these books have become some of my most treasured reads. Return of the King wraps up the Lord of the Rings in a masterful way and closes the book on a timeless adventure.
adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous inspiring lighthearted

GRAŽI PASAKOS PABAIGA.

Paskutinė trilogijos dalis buvo geriausia. Šioje dalyje buvo daugiausiai veiksmo ir įtempto siužeto. Kartais pats stilius ir rašymo maniera tampa viso ko centru ir negali nesistebėt, kaip puikiai Tolkienas valdo plunksną. Žinoma, atskirų liaupsių vertas ir Tapino vertimas, kurį skaitant žodžiai limpa kaip medus prie gomurio.

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Visgi istorijos statymas iki jos rezoliucijos truko ilgiau nei pati pabaiga. Toks opaopa ir baigta. Atvertus kitą puslapį supratau, kad čia jau viskas ir toliau jau tik epilogas, ir jaučiausi šiek tiek išduota. Bet paskui atėjo kita mintis:

Kelias iki tikslo ir jo siekimas tampa (arba yra) svarbesnis (malonesnis, saldesnis, you name it) už patį siekį.

No one warns you how hard it is to read when your eyes are turned to faucets. 
Gutterly devasted to be finished this trilogy. In the days since I finished I have look at my book like one would look at the photo of their dead spouse and, oh, how I mourn.
What started as a race to read the books before watching the films instead became a slow leisured walk through a garden of remembrance and a reignition of love for literature and creativity as a whole. 
I wish I could erase every word from my brain just so I can fall in love all over again.