11. "Tolkien Just Rambles On In The Books?"
When you hear someone criticise someone for working too hard... Tolkien created an entire world. A world. This cannot be reiterated enough. He gives you the pleasure of knowing everything about everyone in that world from their back stories to everything that happens in between and you still find yourself wanting to know more. That's the chief success of the books. You also have severe relationship jealousy with most of the couples as well as the occasional bit of sword envy...