Denster wrote:If you're saying that LOTR is poorly written and that you prefer Harry Potter - you clearly are deficient.
My post was pretty clear that I wasn't suggesting HP was "better" literature that LOTR - just that I personally enjoyed reading it more.
There is plenty of documented literary criticism of LOTR since its original publication - the fact that some people believe it to be not the greatest example of writing shouldn't come as too much of a shock, nor should it diminish your own enjoyment or appreciation of it.