Thoughts
*Throne of Jade* had an over abundance of restful moments. This hurt the plot firstly because the plot wasn’t emphasized, but also because
the true goals of the characters, as revealed through these moments, were completely tangential to the plot. (Leading me to award it a meager 2 stars, my worst rating in recent memory.)
This is why the restful moments in *The Hobbit* work so well—they show you what Bilbo wants, food and peace, and they make the book’s conflicts more pronounced.