“Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or…”

“Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible; and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.”

– J.R.R. Tolkien, preface to the second edition of The Lord of the Rings.