The Hobbit

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Summary: A classic
Review: The prelude to the lord of the rings triology. A masterpiece of English language. By the creater of fantasy. By Tolkien.

This is why you must buy this book and read it. Tolkiens creative use of the world of middle earth is amzing, it paints a picture in you head and he make it seem like a word is worth a thousand pictures.

A true classic for anyone, from a kid to an aging grandparent, this book will freeze time while you dive into the book.

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Summary: Truelly a wonderful start.
Review: "I saw one of my students had not finished the back of his paper that was due. So I picked it up and scribble 'In a hole there lived a Hobbit.' That is a quote of J.R.R. Tolkien. That is how he began into the adventure of this lovely book. How amazingly awesome this is written. Tolkien has a wonderful way of story telling and bringing adventures to life. (as he diminstrates with this book) Biblo Baggins will be remembered ages from now as the main character in the greatset prelude to the greatest trilogy.

The story starts off with Bilbo living hapily in his hobbit hole not bothering anyone. When the wizard Gandalf. (which is my favorite character. If you read LOTRs you will find to love him even more) He tells Bilbo that he has been chosen to come with a band of dwarfes to help get their riches back. Bilbo is reluctant but goes anyways. I would love to write a long review telling all that happens, but that would give away this wonderful book. And the best part about it is the first time you read it, it's amazing. Just know that there is battles with orcs, other hobbits. Great meetings with elves. (Elrond) Battle scenes involving a great archerer. Please take my advice and read this book. It is the book that has changed all fantasy writings and has changed most writting styles. Please read this book.

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Summary: A fantasy world of excitement
Review: This book is mostly based on a fantasy world with fantasy people. For anyone that enjoys to reading those types of books I would recommend. I enjoyed the thirteen dwarves and how they identified their own personalities. My most favorite person would have to have been Gandalf,the wizard. He was the one who had been experienced on the journeys and felt settled when they were faced with another conflict or situation. And without him this journey would have never begun in the first place. In chapter four for example there was an incident

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Summary: Hobbit Thoughts (B.B.)
Review: While reading the book, I found myself glued to it. It's a really great tale with lots of adventure and twists and turns. I never knew what was going to happen next like when Gandalf leaves the group or when Bard kills the dragon instead of the dwarves. Tolkien uses great imagery that just painted pictures in my head. He describes all of the scenery and characters in such a depth that they seem to come to life. Altough, I am not much of a big reader I think I would read this book again at a later date.

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Summary: A Hobbit's Adventure
Review: Though I have personally never read a fantasy book such as,"The Hobbit", I have somewhat enjoyed what I've read so far. At first I believed after much reading I have come to see new aspects in the story. The way that the author describes the setting made me feel as if I was marching through the woods on the adventure. During the dwarves adventure they come into contact with many obstacles such as goblins on the search to capture them, eagles coming to their rescue, and huge spiders with venim dripping from their mouths. Every step from the opening of the story onward is a great adventure. Within the woods fo the Misty Mountains one never knows what may be lurking around them. This book is truly a fantasy written novel. With goblins, dwarves, elves, hobbits, and wizards, one can only imagine the fantasy it brings. Although as unrealistic the story may seem, I found myself hping for Bilbo the hobbit to save the dwarves through each adventure. I recomend this book for suspense and mystery. Hoping that the dwarves will find their dragon and get the gold in the end, I read on!

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Summary: a day in the life of a hobbit
Review: The author has done a great job with this best loved novel. Through journeys into the life of a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins, I was taken into a year of endless adventures. The wild journeys in the mountains of the Mirkwood Forest are full of fear. Bilbo goes through many exciting trips like fighting dragons meeting trolls,drawfs,and goblins. Bilbo Baggins even got the unwilling chance to be at the Battle of the Five Armies. While reading this book, I was taken into a world I thought could never exist, through the imagination of such a gifted author. This book made me realize that I could write about anything because the books with the most fantasy make the best page turners, and that is why I give this book four stars.

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Summary: A Hobbit's Adventure
Review: Though I have personally never read a fantasy book such as,"The Hobbit", I have somewhat enjoyed what I've read. At first, I believed this book to be quite a silly story. However, after much reading I have come to see new aspects in the story. The way that the author describes the setting made mr feel as if I was marching through the woods on the adventure. During the dwarve's adventure, they come into contact with many obstacles including goblins on the search to capture them, eagles coming to their rescue, and huge spiders with venim dripping from their mouths. Every step, from the opening of the story onward, is a great adventure. Within the woods of the Misty Mountains one never knows what may be lurking around them. This book is truly a fantasy novel. With goblins, dwarves, elves, hobbits, and wizards, one can only imagine the fantasy it brings. Although as unrealistic the story may seem, I find myself hoping for Bilbo the hobbit to save the dwarves through each adventure. I recomend this book for suspense and mystery. Hoping that the dwarves would find their dragon and get the gold in the end,the only thing I could do was read on!

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Summary: Attention all Fantasy Fans!!!!!
Review: If you haven't already, READ THIS BOOK! Tolkien is the all time master of all fantasy--he basically created the whole genre! If you read the hobbit, you'll know why. The storyline is fantastic, the details are descriptive and imaginitive, and on whole, it's a fabulous book, even if you're not a fantasy fan. The only thing that I can suggest is that you read the Hobbit before picking up Tolkien's other works (namely, LoR or the Silmarillion). If you'd like to get a bit more background on the world of Middle Earth, though, I suggest that you read the Silmarillion. Fair warning, the Silmarillion is MUCH harder to read than LoR or the Hobbit.

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Summary: Nick from Brisas elemantary school
Review: If you like adventure,then you'll like this book.The little hobbit was just smoking his pipe when a wizard and a gang of homeless dwarves came along to coux Bilbo into an adventure of a life-time!Read along and see if they can defeat the dragon Smaug and get the treasure that was rightfully theirs?I hope you'll like this book as much as I did.

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Summary: A good book if you want the source
Review: While I admire Tolkein's imagination and ability to create such a vivid, interesting world, I found the book quite dull.

The characters: Bilbo: Yes, I know he is not an adventurer (and perhaps the reader is supposed to identify with him), but that doesn't make his whining any more pleasant. His luck seems to explain some very fortuitous events, but makes it feel as though the book was written backwards (Okay, _this_ is going to happen, so _this_ had to have happened here.).

Gandalf: a powerful wizard presumably fighting for good, but condescending and self-important.

and a group of dwarves only really distinguished by Bombur the Fat and Thorin the Leader.

It was interesting to see where some other fantasy realms got their ideas, but I found it difficult to pick the book up. Nothing important happens for periods at a time. Of course, the benefit of this is a more in-depth view of Tolkien's world. Don't get me wrong: the world is fascinating, but I'd much rather read about more interesting characters living in a very similar world (Dragonlance novels by Weis and Hickman come to mind.). Why suffer through the bad parts when everything can be wonderful?

The only moment I felt any connection to the book was a section towards the end, when someone admits their faults and moves on. (I don't want to give too much away for those who haven't read this.)

I've read worse (Some other Dragonlance novels come to mind.), but I'd only recommend this to fantasy historians or those who have already enjoyed the better books in the genre.