[whiny Milhouse voice] "When are they gonna get to the fireworks factory?!" Here the fireworks factory is Smaug's lair, obviously
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The Lord Of The Rings trilogy is the same as The Hobbit but worse, five times longer with a bunch of its own problems
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First, before anything else: FIVE CHAPTERS of infodump! Can't let you read the adventure until you know exactly what's going on!
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Next I'll have the main character stay at home while nothing happens for nine years
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It's 1/4 of the book before the main character leaves his home country
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TOM BOMBADIL: Danger up ahead! FELLOWSHIP: Okay! [falls into warned-of danger] TOM: [rescues them] TOLKIEN: This was a good use of pages
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350 pages in, they climactically decide to destroy the One Ring at Mount Doom, which was ALREADY DECIDED THREE HUNDRED PAGES AGO
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There are so many better solutions to the One Ring problem that the entire Council of Elrond is dedicated to papering over those plot holes
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And most importantly, tell, don't show! Better if Gandalf EXPLAINS his thrilling solo adventures AFTER returning safely to his friends
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This is a baffling criticism. Literature is not graphic, it doesn't "show" anything anyway. So what are you really objecting to here ?
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.@TyphonBaalAmmon Bad: "Here I am. I fought four trolls and narrowly escaped alive." Good: [account of the actual fight as it happened]
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