Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

29 reviews

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Blood and Alcohol

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

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

jessk349's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Grief

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, Violence, and War

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: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Misogyny, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

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