http://www.novelcritic.com/reviews/the-lord-of-the-rings-and-its-blatant-rip-offs/ Published and self-published novels reviewed Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:52:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.novelcritic.com/reviews/the-lord-of-the-rings-and-its-blatant-rip-offs/comment-page-1/#comment-4161 David Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:02:09 +0000 http://www.novelcritic.com/reviews/the-lord-of-the-rings-and-its-blatant-rip-offs/#comment-4161 The reason people can't seem to get through the Lord of the Rings books is because, in today's world, people are all about the NOW and instant gratification. They don't want to take the time to appreciate the beauty in things, especially in books. Tolkien's books are beautiful, if one takes the time to actually read them. Sure, they aren't very fast-paced, but the descriptions in them are exquisite. As someone with a very active imagination, it is very easy for me to read the Lord of the Rings trilogy and become completely immersed in the wold Tolkien creates. That's why people can't seem to get through the books - they are too impatient to see blood, guts and glory. Same thing goes for Raymond Feist's Riftwar Saga - not very fast paced, but extraordinarily detailed. The reason people can’t seem to get through the Lord of the Rings books is because, in today’s world, people are all about the NOW and instant gratification. They don’t want to take the time to appreciate the beauty in things, especially in books. Tolkien’s books are beautiful, if one takes the time to actually read them. Sure, they aren’t very fast-paced, but the descriptions in them are exquisite. As someone with a very active imagination, it is very easy for me to read the Lord of the Rings trilogy and become completely immersed in the wold Tolkien creates. That’s why people can’t seem to get through the books – they are too impatient to see blood, guts and glory. Same thing goes for Raymond Feist’s Riftwar Saga – not very fast paced, but extraordinarily detailed.

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