Books everyone loved—but you

to me the Harry Potter books are not made for adults. Their beauty is in the fact that they got a generation of kids reading again. They serve the same purpose that Tolkien books did in generations past and Madelein L Engle books did for a younger generation (including me)

The Tolkien Books are a whole other ball of wax for me. Never has there been such a mixed bag IMO. For me, the Hobbit and the LOTR at the beginning and toward the end are about as good as it gets. But in the middle of all that is suck trudging through mediocrity and boring that it really leaves a bad taste in your mouth for the whole product.