I'm very partial towards elves like a lot of other people because I like their kind of mysterious aura. Not much is known about them and most is left to the reader's imagination, which both irks me to hell and back [i]and[/i] fascinates me. I find their biggest flaw, in my own personal opinion as a reader, to be their "holier-than-thou" attitude. Sure, the dwarves have some too but I find them and Men a bit more bearable. Plus, the elves and Ents both speak in riddles, which can tend to get frustrating. Or maybe it's just Tolkien's style of writing? As much as I love the story and plot, I can't say I dig the way he writes. Too vague for me, though if he were more descriptive, just The Fellowship of the Ring would be a 700-page book.