The Hobbit

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Summary: It was ok
Review: I like Jordan alot better, but this book is pretty good. With rich detail and wonderful characters it's definately a good fantasy book. It's often boring though, but it's definately worth a read if you like fantasy.

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Summary: The book that started it all
Review: I first read the Hobbit in grade school. Since then, I have been a rabid fan of scifi and fantasy novels, and I can attribute my discovery of the incredible world of fantasy fiction to this book. I loved it then, and I can still come back to it and enjoy it, 12 years later. I can't recommend the Hobbit highly enough: this, along with the Lord of the Rings, is THE book. It has served as a "gateway" book for millions of readers around the world, and hopefully it will have the same effect on you. Yes, you can find it in the library, but you'll end up buying it anyway, might as well get it over with..

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Summary: The Hobbit : An ageless classic.
Review: I was first introduced to this book when I was ten years old. It wasn't easy for our form teacher, Mr. Martin, to control 35 kids but when he started to read this book, from the very first words, all of us were captivated. We became so enthralled by the story that we used to paint pictures and make giant posters of the leading characters. Everyone had their own idea on how a Hobbit looked, or how a troll smelt! I would strongly recommend that this book be read to any child over the age of seven but make sure you read it with the light on.

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Summary: Best book i have ever read
Review: This book is just amazing. When i first read it, i was never able to let it go, sometimes i woke up late at night just to read it! Well i'm from Iceland an in case you don't know it, many of the characters names come frome old Icelandic stories and folktales.

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Summary: One of the best books of all time!
Review: This book was what started the whole thing. The entire fantasy genre owes its roots to Tolkein. Without him, we wouldn't have silly but brave Hobbits, beautiful and wondrous Elves, stalwart dwarves or daughty and prideful Dunedain. Tolkein was the first (and probably the best) writer to fully create a fantasy world that draws you in with its detail, astounds you with the vividness of its characters, and surprise you with the fulness of its history. If you love fantasy, but haven't read this book, then you are definitely missing a classic. Tolkein is one of a very few fantasy authors whose work can be honestly called "literature".

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Summary: awesome
Review: I am 12 now and first read the book in second grade. It captivated me and I was further hooked on reading. I even read Micheal Crighton's Jurassic Park that year.

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Summary: Great a true enjoyment!!!
Review: I read the Hobbit during the 4th grade summer. Now I'm in seventh grade and I still love it. Its a true captavating experience which will cause both insomnia and tiredness. Tolkien takes you to a place where you have never gone before. The creativity is endless and you feel yourself being pulled into the heat of the battles. You start shouting as battles are taking place and rooting for Mr. Bilbo Baggins to come on top. You can't miss this once in a life time experience.

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Summary: allegory!! allegory!! PAY ATTENTION TO THE ALLEGORY!!
Review: The imagination of the writer would be less admired if this tale did not have deeper meaning or did not suggest natural social, moral, and motivational problems with humanity. Please be sure to read 'The Hobbit', any one of the many on the shelf, and please be sure to consider what the author means to say about personal or spiritual journeys, mental excitement, moral enthusiasm, and general happiness (versus the evil of the mundane and predictable.) Too often in the process of reading the great stories, allusions are missed and metaphors are disregarded. Please soak in the book, and look beyond the swords, wizards and dragons. We all know very well that what Tolkien did best was create stimulating fantasy, but he stumbled upon greatness with 'The Hobbit'. He orchestrated a masterpiece through the kind of characters, language and setting he enjoyed best. (That is in my opinion a sure sign of a genius, confident in his ability to create literature in a nontraditional method.) It is the kind of book that causes epiphanies!

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Summary: Well this book wins the award for the most boring, stupid &
Review: This book had way to many characters! Is boring from start to end and has no point! What the hell does this book mean?

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Summary: One of the best modern works in the English language
Review: A truly amazing story with unparalleled use of imagination and outstanding of depth of story. With characters which are perfectly real and complex matched with the indepth world of Middle Earth which has languages, peoples, geography, and a true *feel* of its own, this story is amazing, and stands as my favorite novel, of course, next to The Lord of the Rings, which continues the plight of Bilbo's magical ring.