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The Return of the King

J.R.R. Tolkien

4.48 AVERAGE

kalamity's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous slow-paced

steckler722's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

clebb5's review against another edition

4.5

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an emotional experience finishing this all finally 

n6lisa's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lukamaks333's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

folkhades's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-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

shanshanbarbz's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

wade_arthur05's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

yars_reading_corner's review against another edition

5.0

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The first half is crippling with dread and hopelessness, everything seems to be in a bleak and depressing setting, we see more emotions and plot development, the secondary characters who served their purpose are slowly being rid of, the second half could be divided into two other parts, the end of The Return of The King as like the movie (fun stuff everyone has a happy ending yay!) then the last bit which..I don’t want to say was tedious because it showed the valour of the hobbits upon returning to the shire, but it could’ve been done without.

What I liked about the HarperCollins 60th Anniversary illustrated edition was the beautiful art by Alan Lee and that it included some more in the end, like the list of names, a glossary and maps with some more of the history of Middle Earth!

The magic of Tolkein really sweeped me off my feet and I don’t think I’d be done with reading the collection only once, and may re-read them some other time if possible.

gottosylvesterjacob's review against another edition

5.0

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