But the book contains so much more, the storytelling is masterful, the conclusion is perfect, the characters stole my heart, and I was able to totally immerse myself into the story for the first time.
Ironically, the third movie is my least favourite because it is so darn sad. The characters went through so much to get here, this last book is what the story is all about. For this reason, The Return of the King is my favourite book in the trilogy, or my favourite part in the book of The Lord of the Rings. I was full of anticipation and anxiety, despite knowing how the tale would ultimately end. A strong story is one that moves you in some way. I loved reading the first two books, I loved the stories and the characters and the writing, but I was never really too emotionally invested – it’s such a mammoth story with so much context and history behind it, it took me until the third and final book to settle into the tale and be totally captured and involved in the character’s story. It felt to me as though he was relaying a story But, obviously, I did get emotional over this final book and I am happy to admit so.
I don’t often get emotional over books (John Green used to be the only one that could make me cry) and I especially was not expecting to become emotional over LotR, as I was already quite familiar with the basic story and Tolkien’s writing style did not really feel full of emotion. I probably should have reviewed all three books together as one anyhow because that’s how I read them and how they were intended to be but oh well maybe next time. I’m going to try to do this like I did with the final Harry Potter – I’ll document both my RotK thoughts and the trilogy as a whole thoughts as they come to me. Finished this Friday morning but didn’t post until now because I wanted to wait awhile to let everything sink in (and I’ve been a little reluctant to start writing because I know I won’t be able to myself justice XP).
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