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His work should be judged on the basis of his zeitgeist too. Criticism can be applied from our viewpoint, with our different taste ofc, nothing prohibits that (how a Hungarian fantasy author made his criticism, at a certain points it was very similar what GRRM said/wrote later, but I think the Hungarian bloke went into the topic deeper, sometimes I'm tempted to translate), and nothing wrong with it either. And this even can help to understand Tolkien's naivety, yes I think it can be called that. So for example with the Dunedains aren't following the normal human program also can be attributed to that. Also maybe we can make up some explanation, like some psychological shock their fall caused to them, or whatever (I don't really know their tale, I'm sure it is gappy enough to insert explanations there).

Yes, as I introduced it, it's an incomplete list, I did not read through it.
Tom Bombadil might be Ilúvatar himself, and it can be argued that the comparing him to other living things is, uhh, problematic.
>Most of what they mention are fairly minor
If you only read the Hobbit, how do you know?