Why is LOTR the best fantasy novel of our time?

[peonydeepdelver]

Strange, out of all my friends, I'm the only one that actually enjoyed reading LOTR! They all thought the books were incredibly boring and most didn't even read past FOTR, and we're talking 8th graders who get straight A's, one who gets straight A+'s and reads the REALLY boring historical fiction books! [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] Let's see, only me and one friend who doesn't even live in my state love the books more than the movies. Three of my friends have only seen FOTR, two have read all the books and seen both movies (I hope...) and three or so have only read FOTR and seen the movies. Then there's one boy in my class who's my pal and he's read up to TTT and hates it as much as I do when my friends say the books are boring. Have any of you heard of that fantasy series by David Eddings? The first book, Pawn of Prophecy, is very similar to LOTR in some parts (haven't read it in 4 or so years), and my best friend has read that series like 8 times since we were in 5th grade! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] And he thinks LOTR is boring....

Uh, sorry about my rambling rant, I do that a lot. But on topic, LOTR is the greatest fantasy novel of ALL time because it has EVRYTHING. Humor, suspense, romance, adventure, a certain amount of mystery, and a plot that will never allow you to forget the story.