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Summary: Better than I expected
Review: In The Hobbit, Tolkien creates a world not so different from our own, but the characters in it make this a phenomenal work. Bilbo Baggins, the hobbit, is the main character here who, despite his unwillingness to join a mass of dwarves and Gandalf, a wizard,on a quest for treasure, finds himself taking on the many of their battles. Encountering goblins, spiders, and wolves, Bilbo is savior to his dwarf friends. After encountering the groups' nemesis Smaug, he feels he is a better person having left the comforts of his hobbit hole. Ultimately Tolkien writes a fine tale about taking risk and confronting fears to achieve a greater vision of oneself.
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Summary: The Greatest Fantasy Tale of our Time!!
Review: Let you know first off that I'm not a heavy reader. I could name all the books I've read in my lifetime and that really means I've not read too many, probably about 12 total. However, seeing the trailer to "Lord of the Rings", I was too convinced to start reading the books. So, I bought the Hobbit (which is the prelude to the Trilogy) and I started reading it. Low and behold, I was amazed and just taken away at just how page-turning this book is. Every moment I got, I read the Hobbit and I enjoyed every moment of it. Tolkien's writing is not terribly old-fashion so it's not too hard to comprehend though it does take some time to get used to his style of writing. Once you do get used to it, your in for a huge adventure filled with odd creatures and even some minor humor. But Gollum's riddles and the Ring's power make this adventure all the more interesting.
READ THIS BOOK!!
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Summary: Allison Authier's Review of 'The Hobbit'
Review: This is a wonderful and exciting book. It was written by J.R.Tolkien. The main characters in this book are: Bilbo Baggins, Gandolf The Grey, and the twelve funny dwarves. These interestig fourteen creatures go on a treasure hunt to retrieve the dwarves gold and kingdom back from an evil dragon.I recomend this book because it's very exciting and unpredictable. Also many fantasy authors have read this book to get a better idea on what to write. This book is the first fantasy epic and is loved by many readers, including myself. This book will take you to many unexpected places and sharp turns. This is a very good book and if you read it, you will not regret it.
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Summary: a Masterpiece!!
Review: I know J.R.R. Tolkien is mostly known for the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but this book is a masterpiece in itself!! It is full of adventures, magical beings and knowledge. Professor Tolkein wrote it for his kids, and you can feel the love that went into creating this story as you read. I have read it twice, once when I was 13, and now as an adult, and I really do feel like this is a book for all ages! Both parents and kids will enjoy reading this, especially if it is together. The book is about Bilbo Baggins, a very unambitious, quiet and serious hobbit, who embarks on a very long, dangerous and unexpected adventure with a company of dwarves and a wizard. Along the way they encounter trolls, abandoned woods, elves, goblins, a dragon, a riddle loving monster called Gollum, giant spiders, underground passages, mountains and more! In the end, Bilbo Baggins discovers that he is capable of a lot more than what he thought he was, and discovers the gift of friendship, loyalty , laughter and song!
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Summary: WOW...
Review: I was tottaly amazed from the time i read the first chapter of this book. J.R.R. Tolkien brings you right into this amazing fantasy world. The book is mainly about a hobbit who lives in a hole. J.R.R. Tolkien puts in some awesome detail about his home. A hobbit is a humanlike creature that lives underground, smaller than a dwarf. The book starts when Gandalf, a mysterious wizard, and a group of dwarves visit the hobbit. They bring the hobbit on a long journey to defeat Smaug, a dragon that sleeps on gold and jewels. this book is action packed right from the thrid or so chapter. One of my favorite parts was when the hobbit fights many giant spiders. Any lover of fantasy books has to have read this. This book will keep you reading all the way through, the ending is awesome by the way, and Gandalf plays almost no part in the book but does in the other books from the series. The Hobbit came dangerously close to being my all time favortite book (almost beating Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone). This book is a must have!
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Summary: The Hobbit
Review: Have you ever heard of a hobbit? A hobbit is a small wooly footed creature. They don't wear shoes because they have thick soles that form on the bottom of their feet. They have curly brown hair like the stuff on their feet. Some people call them hole dwellers because they live in holes. Now that you have learned what a hobbit is, I shall tell you about one particular hobbit named Bilbo Baggins. This hobbit lives in a place called Hobbiton or the Shire if you like. Anyway, this hobbit is about to go on an adventure with thirteen dwarves and one wizard named Gandalf. The dwarves are trying to get their gold back from an evil dragon named Smaug. Will they succeed? I'll tell you one thing, this is one adventure that will change this hobbits life forever. I love this book. I have read it over and over again and I still can't get enough. It has so much action, adventure, and it's hilarious. You will adore this book and want to read it over and over again. I would think that older kids might enjoy this book more than younger kids. For instance five year olds; or two year olds would not understand it very well. But older kids like nine or older would most definitely love this book.
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Summary: the best book ever
Review: Imagine if a wizard as old as time came by your house one day and asked you to go on a jouney with a band of dwarves. Would you go? You might as the main chareter, bilbo,thinks that "i have not the time to go on an adventure, nasty little things that make you late for supper" and you have no idea you'll have a second chance. J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit or "there and back again" is a wonderfully written book of adventures, treasures, tragedies, battels and dragons. He must have visited middle-earth because he wrote the as if he did. The characters are a mixed group of serious leaders and drunken followers. Tolkien also wrote The Silmarillion, which in comparison to The Hobbit, is mediocre. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys fantasy. I mean, it's a classic and it is written by J.R.R Tolkien.
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Summary: The Hobbit
Review: Kill goblins,fly on giant eagles,and battle a fire breathing dragon! This is a five out of five star book called The Hobbit! Do you love magic, sword and sheild battles and magical creatures? If you said "Yes", this is the book for you!
Follow the adventures of an humble hobbit named Bilbo Baggins as he travels with King Thorin the dwarve king and his troop of loyal dwarves to reclaim thiere stolen kingdom from a dragon named Smaug. Can you spell excitement! This book made me forget I had a Gameboy Advanced!
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Summary: take me to that world...
Review: Tolkein tells a story so real, and paints a fantasy that is truly a classic. It takes a master to narrate a story with unimpeachable poetic charm and with imagery of a glorified fairy tale. Yet this book, which makes the prelude to LoTR, can be classified as neither poetry, nor fairy tale, not even a classic. It belongs to a class of its own...
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Summary: A fantasy that shows the greatness of good spirits...
Review: Originally written in 1937 by J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Hobbit" is the first of a series of books that constitute Tolkien's legacy, one which, like many other literary masterpieces, has stood the test of time. The hobbit of the story, Bilbo Baggins, is forced to face his destiny by the wizard Gandalf; one that gradually gains him the respect of his companions (thirteen dwarves, along with the wizard) and many other characters in a year-long adventure through the dangers of facing the meanest creatures and walking through the most adverse places. Ultimately, the tapestry of events which Tolkien brilliantly weaves around Bilbo and his friends confront him with Smaug, the terrible dragon who has long seized the dwarves' treasure. Only the combination of luck, intelligence and a courage which he never thought he had, help Bilbo to sort through all he's faced with to come out as a better being, one that can see beyond the blindness that greed brings into smaller spirits (not necessarily because it affects dwarves more than it affects others in the story). It is there where the true greatness and universal character of the story lies. The best thing about Tolkien's fantasy books is that you can relate to them in so many ways that they no longer seem so distant from what could actually occur to you.
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