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Oh, and I don't like Lord of the Rings that much, even though I enjoyed The Hobbit. Wheel of Time was retarded too.
Oh man YES. The LotR books are, in my opinion, vastly overrated in and of themselves (though their influence on the genre is irrefutably profound). Interesting plot but poorly written that it was just boring in parts. I tried to read it twice and stopped partway through the second book both times (and I'm a big fantasy buff).
I would say LotR really starts living up to the hype after first third of The Two Towers. Return of the King is very satisfying. The Fellowship is pretty much impossible to read without skipping huge amounts of text.