[stryfe]

Hey all, just registered here today. I just finished reading the whole LOTR trilogy, and the ending depressed me. I actually read these books several years ago, when I was about 13, but I wasn't fully able to grasp many of the concepts. However, reading them now, and understanding the wonderful world that Tolkien had created, I have come to appreciate the books very much.

That leads me back to my first point, I found it very heart wrenching when Frodo, Gandalf and the others depart from the Grey Havens. After reading the appendix, I also found a timeline which shows that Samwise also departs to the undying lands. There was a air of finality in that last entry that left me with a heavy heart. Now I've read many books, but none of them had the effect that the ending of this trilogy had. I thought it a bit weird to feel that way, but has anyone else here had that sort of feeling after finishing the book?