The Hobbit

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Summary: The Hobbit: Greatest book by J.R.R. Tolkien
Review: The Hobbit is my favorite book so far. I read so many and this is my favorite. This book is about a hobbit named Bilbo and his friends. You must read this. I seriously could not put this book down. I read this whole book(330 pages) in six days. NO LIE!
If you care for journeys there and back, out of the comfortable Western world, and home again, and can take an interble hero(blessed with a little wisdom and a little courage and considerable good luck) here is a record of such a journey and such a traveler...In following the path of this humble adventurer, you will learn by the way(as he did)-if you do not already know all about these things-much about trolls, goblins, dwarves, and elves get some glimpes into the history and politics of a neglected but impotant period!
When i was reading this book it was like a movie and if i stopped reading i missed the whole movie. A++++++++++++++ Book!

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Summary: The Prequel That Started It All
Review: If the names Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the wizard don't mean anything to you, READ THIS REVIEW, THEN GO READ THE HOBBIT! This is a fantastic story that will keep you hooked until the end. It tells the story of Bilbo, a hobbit, or midget, who goes on adventure with thirteen dwarves in search of a treasure that was taken from the dwarves by Smaug the Dragon. For most of the trip, they are accompanied by Gandalf, a mighty wizard who got Bilbo to sign up for the trip. Along the way, Bilbo finds a special ring that makes its wearer invisible. He "wins" this treasure from a creature called Gollum, who swears revenge on Bilbo's family when Bilbo escapes. The troop has many great adventures with goblins, elves, wolves, trolls, and giant spiders! If you've never read this book, do yourself a favor and read this A.S.A.P. Then go read Lord of the Rings.

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Summary: Reading The Hobbit can become a habbit
Review: I recently re-read THE HOBBIT for the first time in many, many years. I liked it much more as an adult, and especially after reading THE LORD OF THE RINGS. THE LORD OF THE RINGS is a saga, while THE HOBBIT is a fairy tale. As such, it is lighter, funnier, and faster-paced than the trilogy. These qualities make it more entertaining and enjoyable.

Unlike THE LORD OF THE RINGS, which plods along and contains many chapters where essentially nothing happens, THE HOBBIT contains action in every chapter. A new monster is introduced in each chapter, and something is always happening. The book holds together remarkably well, and contains an arc that ties everything together.

The only drawback with THE HOBBIT is shared with all Tolkien that I've read. I think of it as the "Eagles Fly Out of the Sky" problem. Whenever Tolkien gets his heroes in a particularly tough fix, rather than having them use their wits to escape, he has eagles fly out of the sky and save them, or some other happenstance that is beyond the protagonists' control. The eagles swoop to the rescue twice. This is more than compensated by Bilbo's encounter with Gollum, but even that encounter ends by Bilbo inadvertently asking an unanswerable riddle. While I enjoyed THE HOBBIT enough to think that someday I'll read it a third time, I struggle with the message here and with the rest of the Middle Earth saga - do wits matter? Do things just happen? Should wen go with the flow? Or should wen just marvel at the fantasy?

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Summary: A Great Book by JRR Tolkien
Review: The Hobbit is a great book by JRR Tolkien. He describes everything so well in third person view, its like you were there with the group. There are twists and turns, and things you wouldn't expect around every corner, but not so much that you get confused.

If there would be only one thing I would change with this book, I wouldn't change anything. Everything fits into place, and it all blends together with that classic style of Tolkien. Highly recommended!

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Summary: HIGHLY RECOMENDED
Review: The Hobbit is great! It is about a hobbit who is living a grand lifestyle that is until Gandalf the wizard asks him to go on a quest to find Thorin Oakenshield's treasure.I like it Because J.R.R. Tolkien writes wonderful novels.He writes about great characters. So please read it

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Summary: The Hobbit, a must read for anyone who has the ability!
Review: The Hobbit is probably one of the best books ever written in history. It keeps me on the edge of my seat the whole way through, and makes me feel as if I was there, walking beside the group of dwarves or Bilbo himself. The details are rich, you can feel the awesomeness of this amazing story, and it is a _great_ prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It's interesting looking at the level of greed in the dwarves. They care for nothing but treasure, or so it seems. Another thing is probably Tolkein's writing style and how it changes from this book to the rest of the trilogy. The Hobbit is a must read for anyone who enjoys books and diving in to a great story. This book is truly amazing!

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Summary: A childhood favorite
Review: I read this book when I was about 9 or 10. Up until that time, even though I was a good reader, I didn't particularly enjoy it. Tolkien showed me just how powerful literature could be, and I haven't stopped reading since.

What I enjoyed the most about this book was the well developed, three dimensional characters. I could almost picture them in my mind. Tolkein had a gift for creating imagery that is beautiful and realistic. His use of language totally enraptured me and kept me engrossed in the story.

What's really neat about this book, as well, is that I think it will have as much appeal to girls as it does to boys. That has not been the case in other fantasy-type books I've read. In fact, this novel is really the only one of it's genre that I've ever enjoyed. So, don't be put off if you think you don't like fantasy. I would also note that there is an abridged version with illustrations that younger children (I saw a grade one class sit totally still as their teacher read from it to them) will likely enjoy. Despite being pegged by some as a "kid's book", however, this book is actually one that will appeal to readers of all ages.

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Summary: Fantastic
Review: The Hobbit is an account of the amazing adventure of Bilbo Baggins. He leaves his lovely hole in the shire, under the guidance of Gandalf the wizard, and a dozen rough and tough dwarves. Although Bilbo is a bit out of place amongst the group, he turns out to be a both an important ally and wonderful friend. This tale will pull you and never let go of you. And it sets the stage for the critically acclaimed Lord of the Rings serious. It gives the backround tale of how the ring came into the hands of our little hobbit heroes and introduces the characters that follow you through the Lord of the Rings. I would recommend this book to anyone with a heart for adventure and a taste for fantasy.

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Summary: An Indispensable Prerequisite to The Lord of the Rings
Review: Literarily speaking, chapter one of The Hobbit is the best thing ever written for children in English. What follows is a series of increasingly improbable adventures, which arose naturally out of Tolkien's storytelling practice with his own children.

While by no means proof against enjoyment by girls, it must be admitted that The Hobbit is very much a boy's book, its cozily domestic subtext serving to highlight its absence of female characters, its wilderness settings and grisly violence. Its saving grace is Tolkien's enchanting sense of humor, which continues to be consistently reassuring throughout.

What it requires of its readers is not however boyhood, or even childhood: what it requires is a sense of adventure. Anybody with one of those is ill-advised to neglect reading this justly renowned neo-saga, which was legendary in character to begin with, and has since become legendary in nature as well.

Its most distinctive features are the maps, the verses, and the medieval authenticity. There are two maps, one of which is used in the story repeatedly. The verses are in ballad measures, including dwarf and goblin as well as hobbit songs. The early section of the Old Norse Elder Edda (Dvergatal), from which Tolkien took the names of his dwarves and wizard, remains even now displaced in an appendix at the end of Hollander's standard translation.

Initially published in 1937, The Hobbit's composition was contemporary with Tolkien's pioneering published lecture on Beowulf, which revitalized the scholarship on and initiated a modern criticism of that sternest of British works. Read for publication by Tolkien's future lifelong publisher Rayner Unwin at age 10, The Hobbit sold unexpectedly well in the United States in its slightly inferior first edition (later revised to conform with The Lord of the Rings) and produced an immediate demand for a sequel, which did not however appear until those who had read The Hobbit as children were beginning to have children of their own.

Various protestations to the contrary, The Hobbit remains an indispensable prerequisite to The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of the Rings movie might have been better, if its producers had filmed The Hobbit first.

I trust that it will eventually be confirmed, if it isn't known for a fact already, that the Los Angeles meteorologist, who coined our familiar term for urban air pollution, really did mean to name it after the dragon in The Hobbit.

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Summary: The Hobbit is an excellent book-I was on the edge of my seat
Review: I would rate "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien *****. A hobbit named Bilbo Baggins goes on an adventure, facing many dangers. He gets captured by goblins, meets with elves, and goes into a forest where there are deadly rivers and angry wood elves. Once he passes the forest, he must slay a dragon. How will Bilbo survive...if he survives at all? Read "The Hobbit to find out.