deltora quest--should we accept it or not?

[durin's bane]

I have read a lot of deltora quest books, but to me they seem like just one big lotr and harry potter ripoff! the author uses many elements that tolkien and rowling use (ie: rowling's use of animals owned by the main characters; tolkien's idea of the dark lord having a "mark" (dq's shadow lord's mark and lotr's sauron's mark look similar) So should we accept emily rodda's deltora quest, or shut it out as a piece of stolen work well hidden?

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