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*Judging from the price I got my copy of The Northern Lights in England, unless I'm much mistaken the title's different in America...I think it's The Golden Compass or something like that here.
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I've read the Golden Compass, and I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Well, having never actually read The Hobbit, I don't know how much help I'll be. However, I have taken many discussion based classes in college. Many students follow a general dichotomy: they either agree with the professor to get on his good side, or they disagree with the professor to get on his good side. I've had professors state outright that the students who argue get better grades. It is a general trick of the trade that a controversial student gets attention and respect.
Also, I have known people (quite a few, actually) who find LotR and TH boring in general. Shocking, I know, but they either dislike fantasy, or they dislike the style of the writing. Complaints I've heard include too much description, not enough action
, and difficult language. That may also be the problem with Treasure Island. Most works from that era tend to be, for lack of a better term, long-winded. I know I had trouble getting started on FotR, simply because the opening seemed to just bog everything down.
Just a question: How deep did your discussion with the girls go? Did they leave it at "bad," or did any of them even try to explain? I think you should make them write a paper for such insolence.
