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Summary: The Hobbit = best fantasy book ever written
Review: The Hobbit is truly the greatest fantasy book ever written. One can not compare it to anything. With characters that you grow to love, and enemies that you despise from the start, this book is a magnificent story of good versus evil.
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Summary: highlyrecommended
Review: I've never actually read this book, although my bestest friend and lover recommends that I read it. I will. I'm also a teacher, and after reading all of the other comments listed here, I will read it to my class of 8-11 year olds.
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Summary: A fount of inspiration, and a limitless wealth of joy.
Review: The Hobbit, and it's more involved sequel (TLOTR), is without question the first and strongest source of my desire to read and to write. As a child, my camp counsellor read segments of The Hobbit as a bedtime activity. I often fell asleep to the tales of Bilbo and his dwarven companions, only to wake up saddened that I didn't make it to the climax of the scene before nodding off. At 10 years of age I came home from camp demanding that my mother buy me this most remarkable book so that I might learn what exactly happened to my new friends (the counsellor wisely wouldn't tell me what I had missed!). I read the book (the first adult book I actually chose to read without a teacher making me) and then read it again! The detailed painting of Middle Earth, and the characters thereof, ignited my imagination. I became an avid reader, always in search of that magic that would transport me to another place, another time. Though I have found many, many books that I have enjoyed reading, there has never been a book that has so utterly captured my imagination and my heart as Tolkien's The Hobbit. The Lord of the Rings is truly a masterpiece of modern literature, and I would recommend it to any that are in search of a wondrous adventure, but I have never mentioned the trilogy without insisting-demanding-that the person first get lost in its prequel. Though TLOTR stands alone, The Hobbit, with its easy style, scaled-down history, lesser characters, and fewer scene changes, is completely indispensible for a deep understanding of what comes next. Tolkien's biography may scare off the casual reader if they hear of his scholarly background, but do not be fooled: His works are more accessible to the reader than anything by Ann Rice, Stephen King, or Frank Herbert. Though no less intelligent or involving Tolkien manages to give the reader a much more "immersive" experience, transporting them into his world, rather than projecting the world onto and around them as most other authors do. I took a cue from that long-ago camp counsellor and began to read The Hobbit to my little son, the moment he was past Green Eggs And Ham. Often now(he's seven), he asks me to read specific passages to him, usually the Bilbo/Smaug confrontations or, sometimes, the adventures with the trolls or the spiders. Yes, this book is a vehicle in which I share "quality time" with my young son. It is also my literary inspiration. I enjoy writing. Whenever I run into a block I pick up my copy and open it randomly. By the end of the page, I'm back at my typewriter, filled with renewed enthusiasm, if not new ideas. I cannot recommend this novel more heartily, and cannot recommend more desperately that you read it before some teacher tells you to do it as a book report. Do it as an assignment, and you will go into the story filled with a bitterness that will ruin the glory of Middle Earth. Remember: when my son, Matthew, is in one of his moods during the day, or depressed about one thing or another right before bedtime, I lean over and whisper something in his ear that brings a smile to his face and a twinkle to his eyes... "In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit..."
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Summary: Fantasy Classic
Review: The most recent reviewer to post for this book was my husband. Life in our house may not be pleasant for some time. I first read Hobbit when I was seven years old, and it launched me into a career studying medieval literature. Don't let my husband fool you--this is a gem!
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Summary: Prepare for Boredom and Pedantry
Review: I must confess, I did not like the hobbit until I heard it dramatized, and then only somewhat. The tone of the book treats the reader like he/she is a child, the story is amateurish, although I am told it is symbolic. For real fantasy, this is not it.
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Summary: An exciting, interesting, adventurous book.
Review: A hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, is asked to join an adventure with a wizard,Gandalf,and many dwarves.They go night and day to get to their hidden treasure.Read their adventures and happenings in their journey.
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Summary: This book is the best piece of writing ever to be made...
Review: This book is probably one of the greatest novels ever written. J.R.R Tolkein gives you a vivid flowing image of Middle Earth and almost makes you feel as if the book is reality, not fiction. Tolkien's portrays Bilbo Baggins as a fighter who is scared about his journey into the rest of middle earth but also as a hobbit who, unlike most hobbits, is adventurous and is a natural born explorer. I am only 13 now and my father read me the book when I was 7 years old. At one point I wanted to believe that Middle Earth was real. The book has kept me interested for 6 years still and i have read it 5 times. I have also read Lord of The Rings and think that is wonderfully written. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF TOLKIEN'S BOOKS ARE A MUST READ!!! I RECOMEND THEM TO AGES 8 and ABOVE!!!!!
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Summary: THE BEST.
Review: THIS IS THE BEST BOOK I'VE EVER READ. NO WONDER SUCH BANDS AS: PINK FLOYD AND LED ZEPPELIN HAVE BASED LOTS OF THEIR SONGS ON THIS BOOK.
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Summary: Fabulous fantasy,you really will enjoy it.
Review: I just loved this fantasy. All my friends enjoyed it to.JRR Tolkien is the best fantasy author.i would also reccomend you reading the lord of the rings trilogy.
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Summary: Tolkiens best!
Review: I loved this book for it's desriptive and exciting points. A must read!
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