Is it just me or does everyone feel sad at the beginning of Lord of the Rings (book)?

[Annúnlótëiel]

I also found it carefree at the begging, and the end of FOTR just surpriesed me so much...I guess I was just trying to "digest" it all. It's true though when I saw the "elves" thing w/ Frodo and Sam in FOTR extended I was sad...esspecially when Sam sau, "I don't know why...It makes me sad."

::sniff::

Well anyways...I was really sad at the end of the whole book because all though it was all "yay lets party for like two months, Sauron is dead!" ^-^...at the very end it was bitter sweet and I was like going to cry... It was beautifully ended...it wouldn't have had the same effect had JRRT ended it another way...