The Return of the King

｢二つの塔」に続いて、「指輪物語」最終巻の「王の帰還」を読みました。
これで「指輪物語」完読！
ファンタジーだから、半世紀前に書かれていても、あまり古さを感じないのがいいな。

Finally finished The Return of the King. Now I have read the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. Yey.

You know what, I have to say it's a shame that Sam is written almost like a simple servant to Frodo. I think Sam is the true hero in the fulfillment of the quest. He is the one who helps Frodo's morale and he is the one who rescues Frodo. But at the end, all credits go to Frodo, who was "the ring bearer." So I am glad to know that Sam became the mayor many many times afterwards.

I also enjoyed reading the appendices, like Arwen and Aragorn story and family trees etc.
The movie definitely helped picturize the world of Middle Earth for me.

My next book is Overdressed.