Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible; and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer. — Forward to The Lord of the Rings

My Take – Sometimes, telling your critics to go consummate a relationship with an ungulate is a wonderful thing to do.  Doing it eloquently is a bonus.

One of the things I do when I go to see a movie or read a book is see if one of the critics I usually disagree with hated it.  Normally that works better than trying the things that people who agree with me like.