I'm not over-enamored of complicated books, and wonder if it's more for the author's ego than anything else?

Shooting stuff on horseback is more complicated and time consuming than anything else.

I love my country more than anything else.

Wittiness turns me on more than anything else.

When you're traumatized, you pick out one thing you remember more than anything else.

I hate the idea of sheltering kids from challenging books. It's just another form of conservative fear that promotes ignorance more than anything else.