I agree that the ending was sad, and yet it wasn't. Frodo found peace when he went to Aman, he was reunited with Bilbo, it was just that he had to part with Middle Earth. But he could never have settled there again.
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But I have been too deeply hurt, Sam. I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me.
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And remember that eventually Sam did pass over the Sea.
I don't think I would have liked the ending so much had it been made happy. I like a book that has the ability to make me cry, as LotR did. It was bittersweet.