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my favorite by far. 6 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

at this point, it’s just a tradition of mine to get repeatedly blown away by tolkien.

return of the king shares the same format as two towers, splitting the book in half, and taking the time to focus solely on a certain group of characters’ povs. this time however, i was fully engaged for the entire thing.

while it was PAINFULLLL to wait to see how sam and frodo’s story played out, the book made up for that by having some of the most incredible action and character work in the first half. eowyn is a standout character. i love that woman. “no living man am i” LIKE HECK YES GIRLIE TELL HIM. obsessed. anyways. i may be getting a bit excited here.

i also MAYYYY have sobbed for a good 10 minutes when i got to the end. i am not ashamed to say so. middle-earth means so much to me, and its characters (especially sam. what, i had to say it) mean even more. can’t wait to reread and reread again.

magdalena_n's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

nmussarrat's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

sophiamoonlight's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad 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? Yes

4.25

amyjo29's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging inspiring slow-paced

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

4.5

coffeedog14's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-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

4.5

I did not expect that I would like the Hobbit half of this book *so much more* then the big people half, but fuck me if I wasn't rooting for every one of their little victories and teary eyed at every one of their tragedies.

I don't know how to express how fun it's been, reading through the five book "main" set of Tolkien Middle Earth Books. Those final chapters, where we get to see both the fading of the world, and it's last glorious embers, that really hits like a gut punch now. The movies didn't quite manage to convey that part so well.

twilys's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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