He has a great ability with the language, but he was terrible at implementing the story. The whole good vs. evil story was great, but he really needed a good editor. Plus there are hundreds of "Chekhov's Guns" everywhere that are never, ever fired.
The key to reading Lord of the Rings, precious, is that everytime one of those God damned hobbits breaks into song or verse, is to skip it. (And also skip the part where they hang out with the creep in the Forest)
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He has a great ability with the language, but he was terrible at implementing the story. The whole good vs. evil story was great, but he really needed a good editor. Plus there are hundreds of "Chekhov's Guns" everywhere that are never, ever fired.
The key to reading Lord of the Rings, precious, is that everytime one of those God damned hobbits breaks into song or verse, is to skip it. (And also skip the part where they hang out with the creep in the Forest)
I have this box of nails, but all I have is a philip's head screwdriver ... what can I do???