Rating: Summary: In a hole in the ground lived a hobbit. Review: What a stellar buy! Many a time have I shut the round door of study (always latched and locked, you know: never can tell when a nasty Sackville-Baggins will pop in), and settled down with a dog-eared edition of this book. I first read it years ago when my uncle Bob (a bit like old Bilbo himself) told me of the bourgeois burglar and the quandary he fell into when an acerbic wizard (Isatari) barged into his home in the cozy Shire. Inside a hole in the ground, Mr. Baggins signed a contract that bound us all to a delightful treat. Let us be thankful that he did, fellow reader! The adventures of Thorin and Co. enriched us who tagged along. You should buy this book for your child and yourself. Read it to him aloud. Tolkien revels in the narrator's interjections. Give the narrator your voice, and you child will have a warm memory; he will pass it on to your progeny; more warm moments will be born: in short, you will be better off for it. The Hobbit is a joy.
Rating: Summary: This book is absolutely the best! Review: I read this book 10 years ago, and it has never left me since! Bilbo is an inspiration to us all! You can see yourself in his character. I have been suggesting this book to all of my friends since I read it, and each one who's read it thanked me immensly for introducing them to the world of Tolkien. Now I'm tackling the "Lord of the Rings Trilogy"....
Rating: Summary: Great book, one of the best Review: This was a great book of how a hobbit named Bilbo comes out of an ordinary boring life
and joins a bunch dworfs in a long and dangerous journey to come out victorious. And live the rest of his life not so boring.
It shows the heart of a true hero in the most leastlikely spot. I think anybody who likes fantasy should deffinatly read.
One note on the sequel the Fellowship of the Ring, it's also a great book but is a little confusing at the end
Rating: Summary: Yes it rocks, only ignoramouses don't think so Review: Ok, this is one of the most important works of fiction ever written. Maybe not the best, but it set the scene and defined the style that roughly 10 million gagillion hack writers have copied.
If you doubt that this is a good book, just read the other reviews. Note how there is an inverse relationship between the score given and the number of grammatical and spelling errors in the review.
Rating: Summary: Worst piece of literature Review: I feel The Hobbit was not only the worst piece of literature I have ever read, but the most borring. This is from a students point of view. I had to read The Hobbit for an assignment, and let me tell you, I can not even count the number of times I fell asleep while reading the book. After reading the book, I bought the cliff notes, as a last resort, and, they were even as bad as the book!! No help came from them! Teachers shouldn't give students that type of book to read as an assignment, it was very difficult to understand, and I feel the book should be abridged if its going to be given out to students
Rating: Summary: Out of reality into the fantasy Review: I found the Hobbit and Trilogy of the Rings to be the most fantastic books I have read. I only wish there were more, I couldnt put them down till I read all four. I was sorry they ended. A must for anyone
Rating: Summary: Unparalleled fantasy Review: The Hobbit is one of the great classics of children's literature; which is to say that it can be enjoyed by absolutely anyone of any age. A timeless fantasy that will continue to be enjoyed centuries hence
Rating: Summary: A Great Introduction To Fantacy Literature Review: Although this preleude to The Lord of the Rings was writtin after the series it is one of J.R.R. Tolkens best. The Hobbit is a great introduction to those interrested in fantasy. It tells the tail of a peaseful hobbit who is drawn into the adventure of his live. The Hobbit lacks an indepth development of characters and has a plot which involves no thinking what so ever. Tolken also tends to ramble on in run-on paragraphs and sentences. This book will provide a great foundation for those intressted in fantasy. ENJOY!!! :-
Rating: Summary: Believe me! This is one book that does not suck! Review: All right, let's start on how I first read this book. (Well actually, I didn't read it, I saw the movie.) The book and the movie were an exact tie-in. Now, let's get down to the point. I thought this is the best book I've ever read. I would give this book a 10. However, the reason I am giving it a 9 is because if you have read this book, you'd probably be wondering how to pronounce some of the places and charachters names. (LOTR included.) Am I right? I really would like to give this book a big fat 10, but the places and names and stuff is just too much for me
Rating: Summary: Hobbit Review: This is one of the best books i ever reed. It is a fantatic adventure, with a HOBBIT named Bilbo.
This little creauture goes in a journey you wil never forget
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