And I wonder why I do not like those books.
Maybe because of the central character who has always the hard things to do and I can expect that whoever that person is, with the reader's usual competence, can overcome such.
And the world... it was so small... it had no room for more experiences. It never varies. They have this ,always: "For the sake of Humanity, we have to make a rebellion, an insurgency and let us be free!! yey... something like that."
Yes! FREEDOM... the widely used motif for greatness since ancient time.
HOwever you may look at its plots, differ from others, they will always attain the freedom they were looking for.
I am full about the freedom. In the case of the JrrTolkien's masterpieces, they are already free folks, just fighting to remain as is, and peace is what they are looking for, remind you, or at least that's what I know. (And right, i'm a fan of his)
Though, being Free is Peace, but there is a Free comes with trouble - for example, breaking out of the Prison. you get it?
And finally, being ordinary is always means you are beautiful like Cinderella and will have happily ever after. Underdogs are always the hero of rebel type of story, or perhaps the girl/heroine fights like a man and retains her kurtsy status because she loves a man. From being ordinary they became extraordinary, and they can talk loud to reason for, and they are selfish kind of people because they are always right - and that's what the writer wants, to be beautiful because they have this ordinary experience and produce some not-so-incredible wit out of it, or he/she has the sidekick who is the basis of his wit but actually the sidekick is the main person of the story.
And suggestions of my mind told me, it was never fun to read, because no matter of having a trilogy or anthology or saga out of it, they will end at one thing for sure. There will be changes and that's all there is. Changes that will never even satisfy me for sure.