Reviews tagging 'War'

The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

56 reviews

natashalg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

The book was pretty slow, and at times it drug on and I found the politics boring. I admittedly had to skim some parts. However, the characters made the story worthwhile. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Misogyny

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Grief

Minor: Animal death

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Grief, War, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Stalking

bree_h_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

I really love this series. It took me seven years to pick it up again and I honestly regret waiting that long.

This was an excellent end to the series and every character had a fitting, well built up to ending. There’s just something about these books that feels very comforting to me. Honestly even if older/longer books aren’t your style I do genuinely recommend people give the audiobooks narrated by Andy Serkis a shot. The only reason I finally finished this books is because of his narration.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Alcohol

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Girl this was a tad messy tbh
Stop naming all ur characters the same thing
Just feels like u didnt rly tie have the things up u just like mentioned them again
Also the big battle literallu every three pages is, and then he never opened his eyes again :( jk hes alive :D
Also

éowyn just being like eh u know what ur right i dont wanna be a solider or a queen 🙅‍♀️ i wanna be a healer 💁‍♀️ like are u fucking with me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, War, Death, Blood, and Violence

brogancha's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Violence

i_write_on_occasion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Very good. A satisfying and emotional conclusion to a great series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Animal death

Minor: Slavery

vaguelyredhead's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Violence

allisonsmith120's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Death