The first time I read the books, I was sort of disappointed by the end. Even when the characters were leaving Minas Tirith, I began to get a little sad, because it was sort of... the beginning of the end, I guess. And I
cried when Frodo went to the Grey Havens without Sam, wondering how Frodo could leave Sam, when Sam had gone through so much with him. I wished that Frodo could have stayed a little while longer in the Shire, and live in the place he loved with all of his old friends. But now that I've read it 9 more times, [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img], I think that the way Tolkien ended his story was good. The best example I can think of is the passing of the elves. The end of the story is the end of an Age, and some things are passing away, like the elves, and Middle-Earth will never quite be the same. Frodo couldn't return to the life he had before. Maybe I got a little off track there, [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]. Anyway, Every time I read it it leaves me feeling a bit sad, and wistful... But I still love it [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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All the same, when I read the the farewell scene, it leaves me with an aching in my heart and a peculiar longing. For days I walk around musing and every now and then picking up the books and reading favourite parts over and over again.
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