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heidialice: Oswald is a tribute to Tolkien and his scholarship, and while strictly historical (fiction) with no fantasy elements, is in my opinion a worthy companion read!
This is really the third volume of a single novel divided into three volumes for publishing purposes, so it’s probably more appropriate to review the whole thing than to review each volume separately. ( )
It's weird that Sauron, Lord of infinite evil and eternal shadow, unchained an epic conflict, were the destiny of men of Middle Earth was going to be determined, just to have a piece of land. Or that the second to last chapter resembles postwar Poland with a crazy twist, which I didn't expect in a million years. I suppose Tolkien was thinking of the great war while writing this. ( )
I forgot so much about this book that I actually started considering the moves to be acceptable in ways I shouldn't have. Like making Denetor seem a cruel, unwise, frightened old man. Or leaving out The Scouring of the Shire (I get why they did it, but I would rather they left out the scenes where Legolas was acting like a one man circus show, or the army of the dead, or the elves at Helm's Deep, or most of the romantic "plot" with Eowyn...).
I also remembered why I loved the book so much. I cried again when I read about the death of Theoden King, and about Sam's bravery, and about Frodo's leaving for the Undying Lands. The whole book evokes such a mix of sorrow, and joy, and melancholy. I love it. ( )
Nobody seems to have a moderate opinion: either, like myself, people find it a masterpiece of its genre or they cannot abide it . . . The demands made on the writer's powers in an epic as long as 'The Lord of the Rings' are enormous . . . but I can only say that Mr. Tolkien has proved equal to them.
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Mordor where the shadows lie.
Dedication
First words
Pippin looked out from the shelter of Gandalf's cloak. He wondered if he was awake or still sleeping, still in the swift-moving dream in which he had been wrapped so long since the great ride began.
J.R.R. Tolkien's complete work The Lord of the Rings consists of six Books, frequently bound in three Volumes:
Volume 1: The Fellowship of the Ring, consisting of Book I, "The Ring Sets Out" and Book II, "The Ring Goes South";
Volume 2: The Two Towers, consisting of Book III, "The Treason of Isengard," and Book IV, "The Ring Goes East"; and
Volume 3: The Return of the King, consisting of Book V, "The War of the Ring," and Book VI, "The End of the Third Age," with Appendices.
This LT Work consists of Volume 3, The Return of the King; please do not combine it with any other part(s) or with Tolkien's complete work, each of which have LT Works pages of their own.
While the evil might of the Dark Lord Sauron swarmed out to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggled deep into Mordor, seat of Sauron’s power. To defeat the Dark Lord, the accursed Ring of Power had to be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. But the way was impossibly hard, and Frodo was weakening. Weighed down by the compulsion of the Ring he began finally to despair.
Haiku summary
Frodo destroys Ring/ Sauron gone forever more/ Carry on, dear Sam (amaedel)
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