Comments of chapter undefined of In The Shadow of Erebor

That's an interesting issue. Tolkien himself set somewhat of a precedent by breaking up his story. Book two of LOTR (The Two Towers) followed Aragorn and most of the fellowship, with book 3 (The Return of the King) following Frodo and Sam. This was unusual at the time. In modern fantasy however the changing of POV is almost universal. In book one of A Game of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones), there are changes of POV in each of the 72 chapters totaling 8 different characters. This is also the case in The Wheel of Time's 14 novel extravaganza, and in fact in every other major fantasy genre series I have read in the past few decades. While I think it can be harder to follow, it does allow the story to be more rounded and have a fuller perspective. While I can see your point, I'm going to try and recreate modern fantasy writing in this novel, rather than try and imitate the slightly less choppy style used by Tolkien I am setting this work in his world, not trying to parrot him.