You know he didn't write Lord of the Rings, right? You're either really reaching for a way to be contrarian or your whole knowledge of the series is just borrowed opinions from critics.
or I actually have taste in literature, and just because you enjoy something doesn't mean you know all there is to know about it? Huge numbers of people love McDonalds and "better" fast food burgers like Five Guys or In-and-Out. It's not "contrarian" or "borrowed opinion" to be one of the smaller number of people who have higher standards than that.
