A review by tibbarasden
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

adventurous dark inspiring sad slow-paced

4.0

I definitely prefer the movies. That said, I think anyone who is a fan of the movies should 100% read the books. You get so much more context. I really struggled through the first part of the story (book V). The battles are my least favorite all around, and in the book, you don't have Frodo and Sam's journey to break it up. Once I got through that, I found myself really getting into it. I did find the aftermath of everything was unnecessarily long, but I did enjoy getting more of the Hobbits at the end. It in itself was like a mini story.