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[Daisy Brambleburr]

I'd bet that the woman who rubbishes LotR basically doesn't understand it. My mum sometimes does stuff like that, she says 'what I don't understand is why they can't just *hide* the Ring, or throw it in the bin or something'. But this woman probably hasn't read it, fantasy isn't her thing and she can't comprehend the hype that surrounds it, so she insults it, which is the wrong thing to do. If you're determind to hate a book, at least read it first! Maybe she thinks she's being funny or something...