LOTR: what did you NOT like in the books?

[Galadriel]

Originally Posted by Glorthelion

I hate that fact that Boromir died in the skirmish at Parth Galen. Perhaps he should have been wounded but fit enough to travel. He makes it to Gondor. I thought it would make more sense if he died in the battle of the Pelennor fields, like when the Witch KIng of Angmar died.

Glorthelion

Interesting. Why do you think so?

[Legolas]

I think I've said elsewhere long ago, but I'm not that fond of Book 4, the Frodo/Sam half of The Two Towers. It moves a little slow at times and just generally isn't as interesting to me as the rest of the book. I'm not sure how he could've written in differently though. Might even be more mental than anything, how I feel about it when I'm not actually reading it.

Originally Posted by Galadriel

Interesting. Why do you think so?

Well, we never got an answer from Glorthelion, but perhaps he and others might have felt a later, grander death of Boromir would have served as greater redemption. I find his immediate sacrifice very heroic though, despite ultimately failing to prevent Merry and Pippin's capture.