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saw this post and just had to put my five cents in.
In truth, I enjoyed the legends (the twins) much more than the first series, maybe that's just me, but the events seemed more fleshed out and real. Brotherly love is never easy or pure as our friends find out, though it does conquer in the end.
That being said, DL was and is a good read, its light bright and fun, its no tolkien, nor does it pretend to be.
Tolkiens work was so monumental, that in a sense every thing else lives in its shadows, all else is colored and affected by its influence. The Authors themselves admit it, the fact they have three books plus other bits and pieces are pure derivatives from the masters magnus opus. How could it be otherwise?
AS for boring, it used to be hard for me to get into the first one or two chapters, once however I had, I could never put it down. I can honestly reread it every few months and still not
cease to be inspired or moved, DL doesn't do that, sorry to say and that says it all.
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