The Hobbit

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Summary: The Hobbit
Review: This is an exciting book of magical lands with the theme of good vs. evil. With strange characters and magic implements the story came alive with the description of J.R.R. Tolkein. Travel through miles of wide open space and test your abilities and strength with obstacles of the unknown in The Hobbit. -Ross Coe (10 years old)

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Summary: a young person's introduction to european style fantasy
Review: i first read the hobbit when i was 11. i have since read it 6 more times, and will eventually read it to my children and theirs. the hobbit is for young people (<=20). mr tolkien's other books are not, so don't expect the same pace from them. if you like fantasy, this is one of the good ones. if not, stay away; it's that simple. a plethora of original ideas and interesting characters, the hobbit is a refreshing break from the modern drivel mass produced by publishers today. it was nice to lose myself in a book without a hidden agenda for a change. -ok

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Summary: This is a Great Book
Review: This is one of the best books that I have ever read in my life. Once you start you can't stop.

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Summary: A great fantasy story for children, young (&immature) adults
Review: A pleasant fantasy story that played an important role in developing the genre. For those readers who need something more to sink their teeth into, I'm with you. Though hobbits and dwarfs and such are cute, in a way, the themes are basic and there are deeper and richer sci-fi and fantasy stories now.

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Summary: The rise of the greatest fantasy auther of all time.
Review: I read The Hobbit last June (1997) because I was assigned to read it during the summer vacation. Back then, I was a science fiction buff (BOO HISS!) and I thought fantasy was a bore. Boy was I wrong. The Hobbit was amazing. I loved every sentence of it. When I finished it, I eagerly went on to read The Fellowship of the Ring, witch is Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings. READ THIS BOOK!

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Summary: Fast paced adventure for all ages
Review: I am reading this book for the first time and I am in my early 20's. I don't know why I didn't read it when I was younger, but I think that it is exciting and very readable, even though it is a children's novel. I think that any adult who hasn't read The Hobbit yet should pick it up, because it is a fast paced adventure for all ages. I am very excited to read the rest of JRR Tolkein's writing, as I am sure that it won't disappoint.

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Summary: Fantastical. Fantastic.
Review: The Hobbit is amazing. As one of the first books I ever read, it is great for kids and adults alike. It paints a superb picture of Middle-earth, Tolkien's brain-child, and leads nicely into The Lord Of The Rings. If you are looking for easy reading fiction/fantasy, or a way into fantasy, this book is the High King of them all. Age, Milton Keynes, England

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Summary: a rare jewel: pure story
Review: This is a lovely, charming little book. It is quick paced and very entertaining, a pleasurable respite from the often bogged down with hidden meanings of what too frequently passes for literature. I'm not trying to denegrate some high-class piece of thought-provoking insight, some Don DeLillo, some Thomas Pynchon, some William Gaddis, et. al. But how often have you picked up a book and become absorbed with a story, with what's going to actually happen next without the instrusion of some pretentious, philosophical meandering? It is a break for the serious-minded high art fan, a great read to the lowly John Grisham afficinado. All in all, a wonderful passage of time, transported to a magical place almost too real for the span of time you are being a voyuer, watching and waiting some never was characters fight never was creatures in a fundamentally never was land in this imaginative terrain that you have to believe in for such a short period of time. Going on to the massive sequal, The Lord of the Rings, you are even further left in awe of the thought and sheer imaginative brilliance Mr. Tolkien put into his life's work to create, with such immaculate detail, a new mythology for all the world to enjoy.

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Summary: Struck By Lightning
Review: To read this book for the first time and enter Middle Earth is to be struck by lightning in the manner of Bilbo Baggins. Are you in a comfortable life as a student, family person, career executive or hamburger flipper? So was Bilbo in his Hobbit Hole until Gandalf the Wizard thrusts adventure upon him. May we all have such adventure thrust meaning into our lives.

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Summary: Though in spots it wasn't exciting it was a great book
Review: I really liked this book. And I think people should read it. Because even though the book might have become a little dull in the middle all of the action in the other spots made up for the dull spots. :)