Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

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

21 reviews

fox_at_the_circus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

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

4.25

A great final book for a great epic. It has all I expected from Tolkien's writing, amazing descriptions of scenery, big fights, long discussions, ... But it also has a lot of shorter scenes, where characters have conversations that don't necessarily push the story along, but are so important to get to know the characters even more. And they are really entertaining, too. I especially loved Iorath in the houses of healing.
The books themes and it's focus on hope are really so timeless and especially important today. When Denethor says "Why do fools fly?", it's in direct oppostion to Gandalf's "Fly you fools!", really showing their different mindsets towards hope. Gandalf being 'correct' within the story just shows, that it's correct to hope (and fight).
I can say, after finally reading all the books (having known and loved the movies for years), I now appreciate and love the story with its setting and characters even more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicide, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

anjasshelf's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery

hjb_128's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

abfreda184's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

Loved this book :-)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture and Fire/Fire injury

annapox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and War

Moderate: Death, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Racism, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

siglerbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

I can't believe I waited so long to read these books. I've loved the movies since childhood and was always told that the books were so full of detail that they made for a rather boring read.

While there is a great deal of detail and information that is purely world building with no obvious effect on the story, I couldn't have loved it more.

I absolutely loved how much more complete the end of the story is in the novel. I was left much more satisfied. All the effort felt rewarded, not just survived.

There are so many subtle little details that at first seemed unimportant, but the more I thought over the story, the more I found the little things to mean the most.

Several points in the story surprised me, even being familiar with the movies and plot.

Once again the side characters stole my heart. While our main heroes are important and loveable, it was the courage and honor of the "less important" that I found inspiring.

This is a story I will always treasure and will likely read again.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

luverbyrd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

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: Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Misogyny, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

gbeene's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Injury/Injury detail