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Re:46% of Americans didn't read a book in 2023 by BoiledCabbage on Saturday February 10, 2024 @03:35PM (#39329958)
LotR is not a "great artistic work". It's beloved by many (myself included), but the fact that it's detailed doesn't make it a great artistic work.

As literature goes it has tons of shortcomings.

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Re:46% of Americans didn't read a book in 2023 by olddustytrail on Saturday February 10, 2024 @04:21PM (#39330341)
Everything has shortcomings but as a work of literature lotr is very obviously a great artistic work and the fact that you don't know that tells me immediately that you've never produced anything worthwhile.

Tell me I'm wrong.

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