[davem]

And one of the best so far:

http://www.marcel-buelles.de/the-chi...h-a-vengeance/

If you can’t handle incarnations of pure evil, the ephemeral nature of our existence, bravery in the face of all odds, the everlasting loss mankind has to suffer in losing loved ones though daringly defending them, if you cannot accept sacrifice as one of mankind’s essential qualities which has made this species survive on this planet - go home and read some of your modernist novels, probe the workings of your inner mind, the fully-fledged narcistic characters roaming the streets of rundown urban centers of depravity and disorder who so valiantly manage to suffer - suffer without hope.

Oh, really. It’s all black and white? Evil vs. good? Tolkien’s a simpleton conjuring up Christian hopes and motifs, imperfectly veiled? If you cannot tell a master at his craft’s best from writing that is so to your liking - then do get another job. Please. Criticism should be written by a person who offers reasoned judgement or analysis. Tolkienbashing has become an art in itself and it has become stale by now. We have read it all. In 1956.