[js1138]

Do you mean to imply that only books with romantic/sexual sub-plot matter?

Sex and romance are not required in every story, nor is pure male fantasy unworthy of reading. But 1500 pages without a mother and child doing anything domestic seems to be an example of obsessive avoidance. I just find it boring. Makes me wonder where all these people came from.

[kevkrom]

But 1500 pages without a mother and child doing anything domestic seems to be an example of obsessive avoidance

That type of thing is missing from novels like LOTR because they don't add anything to the story. That should be the only criteria as to whether something is included or not.

[malakhi]

But 1500 pages without a mother and child doing anything domestic seems to be an example of obsessive avoidance.

No, it sounds like somebody misunderstanding the author's intent. Might as well ask why there are no car chases in Moby Dick, or no Nebraska schoolmarms in War and Peace.