LOTR: what did you NOT like in the books?

[Legolas]

Originally Posted by Boo Radley

I wish they'd been longer.

This.

From an immersion angle, I always wanted more characterization, especially conversation; for instance, by way of seemingly irrelevant banter among the Fellowship, or full accounts of meetings between the White Council and private meetings between Gandalf and Radagast/Saruman, or transcripts of all that Bilbo heard from the elves during his stays at Rivendell.

With all that walking about by the Fellowship throughout the months of the main plot, there was so much time to fill. Even with their grave task constantly confronting them, there had to be some joking and storytelling when they stopped to rest.

Which finds me agreeing with the original poster:

Originally Posted by Galadriel

I for one would have been a lot happier with fuller descriptions of the characters