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January 1, 2003 - "When it's all said and done, I find myself staring at the last words on the last page in silence, awash in emotion, wondering 'how can it end?'..."
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December 15, 2002 - "Frodo's attitude here strikes me as significantly Christian, and at this point, I tend to agree with him..."
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December 1, 2002 - "I'll say it's odd for the story to go on so long. I know Frodo needs to get back to the Shire before the story will come to a close, but in the Hobbit there was a summary--and Bilbo had various other adventures--and a brief conclusion with him returning to the Shire in the nick of time. Here, after the climax there're chapters left to go. It's not bad, of course, it's just odd..."
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October 7, 2002 - "'Many Partings' indeed!! What a sad chapter. Tying up ends here and there, leaving others loose. I forgot how many people we've met along the journey, how many people there are to say good-bye to. But, as they work backwards along the once perilous road, we're reminded of just how much they've done and endured. It's almost unbelievable that the fear and doom, the nightmare, it's all gone with the ring..."
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August 13, 2002 - "The story screeches to a halt and we get to read about Faramir and Eowyn. I'll be honest, at first I was annoyed because I actually thought that Eowyn and Aragorn were supposed to end up together..."
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June 28, 2002 - "But my praise of Frodo is tempered by the fact that he failed. He was unable to resist the lust of the Ring--he bore it to the end only to give in and claim it for his own.."
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June 21, 2002 - "Wow. Wow. Wow. So, I'm a bit speechless..."
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May 19, 2002 - "Little enjoyment left in the story..."
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April 25, 2002 - "For the first time since I can remember I had a strongly negative reaction to something of Tolkien's..."
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April 2, 2002 - "The only hope is in the destruction of the ring. For, I don't believe that Frodo and Sam have been captured--or at least not still captured. I keep telling myself that these books wouldn't be so popular if it all ended badly..."
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