Title: The Return of the King     

Author: J.R.R. Tolkein   

Genre: Fantasy  

Publisher: Quality Paperback Book Club  

Format: Paperback

Pages: 440

Rating: 4/5 stars

Synopsis (Goodreads):

THE RETURN OF THE KING, which brings to a close the great epic of war and adventure begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and continued in The Two Towers, is the third and final part of J. R. R. Tolkien’s masterpiece, “The Lord of the Rings.”

In these three books, which form one continuous narrative, Tolkien created the saga of the Hobbits of Middle-earth and the great War of the Rings. Praised by such writers and poets as W. H. Auden, Richard Hughes and C. S. Lewis, “The Lord of the Rings” – that special world of beauty and terror and meaning – holds a secure place among the books that will live.

Review:

Here is the last review for this series and this was a wild ride. Like I said in the first book review, I was really skeptical about reading this series as I didn’t love the Hobbit. But this series is way better and I loved the characters as the story development and the adventures that they go on!

I was surprised how the journey home took up so much of the book. I was expecting a lot more explanation in the action, but Tolkien didn’t waste too much time and didn’t draw anything out to make it boring! That’s something I really admire with this work! Some older works can have lengthy descriptions that can lose a reader, but this book and series did not!

If you’re a fantasy fan and have not read this series, then you definitely have to!

Happy reading!