This is way off the current topic but I think it's something that could fall under this thread. Because, I believe this is what gets me interested in LOTR (plus a handful of other books).
The fact that parts of the book (or maybe the whole book) is biased. Atleast, there are some characters, when they speak, it is definately opinionated. For example, Boromir, Haldir, Men in general, Frodo). Then there are those who can be more reliable then your biased people (Gandalf, Elrond, Glorfindel, Galadriel), but even they aren't 100% correct.
This to me makes it interesting because you wonder if what you are reading is actually right, or if it's just a crock of roastbeef. There are other stories like this, where the dialogue is also biased, most of the times we see them in plays, A Midsummer's night Dream, Cat on a Hot tin Roof...and so on. To me a story isn't fun if everyone is "right" all the time, you have to add in some unreliable people, just makes the story a lot more interesting.
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