The Hobbit

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Summary: The Hobbit, and the three part series.
Review: I have read the Hobbit. It was an uplifting tale and I recommend this book for children, teenagers, and adults. It is a fun book to read and I also recomend that you continue reading it into the three part series. Lord of the Rings-The fellowship of the Ring(part one),The two towers(part two), and the Return of the King(part three). Each book is tied to one another in a continuous plot. These 3 books are page turners as well, filled with suspense and uncertainty. The charactrs are not your typical heroes also. One does not know what to expectfrom each, yet you undersand their own unique personalities. They are very human in nature, even the wise Gandalf. The three part series is more complex in plot also in comparison to the Hobbit.

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Summary: An Excellent Tale
Review: There and back again, as the subtitle goes. A round trip in the book, yet a beginning to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. A round trip, yet an intro into Middle Earth. A spectacular story about a Hobbit, his journey, and a ring.

As you can see, there have been over 900 reviews of this book. All told, this book has a 4.5 star rating. What can I say that will change your mind on this? What can I say that has not been said already? Most likely nothing. I can shed no new light on this piece of fiction. All I can do is chime in with an opinin that has already been stated but by using other words. This book is excellent.

Well, so be it. The book is a great read. It's a great tale in a great locale. This book is certainly required reading for anyone who reads various genres. Be it normally fantasy, sci-fi, history, or satire, I'd be surprised if you picked up this book and did not at least like it.

Is this a high level brain teaser? No. Is this going to change the world? No. Are your problems going to be solved after you read this book? I doubt it. This book is an escape, an escape into the world that JRR Tolkein pulled from his mind's eye and thrown down on paper. This is the intro to that world he saw. And what a great advaneture it is.

I'm not into revealing polt when I write reviews. I think that's silly stuff and I don't want to be told what to expect when I read a review. However, you have to give hints. And the book here is all about an adventure. An adventure that goes over hills, under hills, and around them. An adventure that meets with various good and bad people/things. An adventure that sometimes goes well, and seomtimes not. An adventure that finds its way to the lair of a dragon and his hordes of gold. This adventure is the prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but only a small find by Bilbo along the way links the 2. That and the wizard Galdalf.

In reading this for the first time in about 10 years, I found it just as interesting as the first time, if not a lot easier to blaze through the pages. The writing is fantasy. You could easily digest this whole book in a solid day if you wanted to. And it would be a crime to do so because then the adventure would be over barely after it began.

The only point of my review is this. Read it. Even if you hate it (which you probably won't), this is something you should have read in your lifetime. If you are 10 or 100, it is a fun book to pick up. It appeals to all ages and is something that no home library should be without. I can say I've read American history, Tom Robbins, Kurt Vonnegut, Doglass Adams (and Coupland), Middle Eastern history, as well as other fantasy books and escapism novels from the likes of Clive Cussler. And this belongs on my book shelf just as much as any of those.

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Summary: how to create a new world
Review: From the first to the last page, Tolkien creates the perfect picture of Middle Earth for the mind. The reader is lead on a journey with the group and visits enchanted and cursed lands that is described like no other. This book opened the door for modern fantasy and remains the standard by which others are measured.

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Summary: Great Book, Just not my average reading style.
Review: The Hobbit is a wonderful book, it was very well written and very descriptave.

Fantasy novels have never been my style of reading, I have found them not to be my choice of reading. I figured I would start out with The Hobbit and try to read Lord Of The Rings.

Bilbo Baggins the hobbit in the story had a lot to go through and had a great adventure with the dwarves. The storyline moved quickly and was enjoyable.

My only downfall with this book was the fact that I have a hard time thinking of fantasy in my mind. So I would be lost at times with all the charactors.

Overall I can't wait to start Lord Of The Rings sooner or later.

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Summary: The Hobbit
Review: Written By: J.R.R. Tolkien

It is a Faiytale Adventure.

It is a story of Bilbo baggins, who is a hobbit. One day he finds himself in an adventure with dwarf. After his adventure he realizes he barely excapes with his life and adventures are funner than he thought.

In a way this is very much like, The Call of the Wild by Jack London, because Buck and Bilbo were both taken from there home and force to go were they did not want to go; but Bilbo made it back to his home and Buck didn't.

If you don't like reading try reading this.
I very much like the style that Tolkien wrote this book in, because it keeps you wanting to see what is going to happen to Bilbo. On page 17, when Bilbo said, "Good morning". Gandalf asked him what he meant by the phrase "good morning". Tolkien makes you think about what the characters say and do. If you have never been on an adventure yourself, you should try going with a Hobbit named Bilbo. Even though Tolkien is a great writer, there are some drawbacks to his style. To you students read this over the weekend because you may not be able to put it down.

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Summary: Best of the "Middle Earth" books.
Review: This is by far the best of the Middle Earth books. The pages of mind-numbing verse are all-but absent in this book, replaced by actual narration and dialogue. The few(er) occasions during which we are subjected to Tolkien's less-then-stellar grasp of rhymed verse are at the very least more bearable. The story is as rich in detail and plot as the LOTR pseudo-trilogy, if not more so, with the added bonus of actual characterization for many of the characters. I found this to be the most fulfilling book of the Middle Earth series, despite (or because of?) it being the shortest.

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Summary: The Hobbit: A CLASSIC
Review: This is a tale of gold, dwarves, an evil dragon, hobbits and the wonder of it all. After reading the book for the third time, it is amazingly still enjoyable. The style that J.R.R. Tolkien uses to write this book is so lively that it makes the readers feel like they are part of the adventure walking along side Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf and the dwarves .

Tolkien crafts an interesting world inhabited by Dwarves, Hobbits, Men, Elves and others. The Hobbits like peace, quiet and good food. Adventure and traveling to far-off places is something they would really rather avoid if they could.

Bilbo Baggins is one such Hobbit. He has lived 50 years in good comfort and does not wish to change that. Then, Gandalf (a wizard) arrives and invites him on an adventure with the company of a clan of dwarves. Bilbo is initially fearful and dismissive of the whole affair but he gradually becomes, in many ways, the leader of their troop.

When a person starts this book, it will be very hard for them to put it down until they have finished it. This is because Tolkien presents his characters with such a charisma that it makes the readers want to delve deeper into the story to find out what happens next to the adventurers. He also presents such seemingly insurmountable obstacles that those that have been keeping up with the situations will have to read on to find out how the characters escape this one.

The style is easy to follow and the story is straight forward with some twists. The book is good in the old-fashioned sense of story telling; there are no political agendas here but rather simply courage and the virtues of old. It is refreshing to read a book of battle, heroism, good and evil in our times of moral confusion and weakness.

No matter how many times someone reads it, it will never be enough. There will always be things that were missed and caught the next time around, which is what makes THE HOBBIT such a great story.

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Summary: The Lord of the Rings is better, but this is a good prequel
Review: While the Hobbit is not necessary to read before reading the Lord of the Rings, it is definitely a helpful setup. The Lord of the Rings is much more in depth, descriptive, and more entertaining than the Hobbit, but it also includes several references that only one who has read the Hobbit will fully understand.

The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins and his journey away from his comfortable home in Hobbiton and across Middle Earth in order to defeat the Dragon Smaug. Bilbo travels with 13 dwarves whose homeland has been taken by the evil dragon, and their journey is aided by the wizard Gandalf who has chosen Bilbo to join the dwarves in their quest. The Hobbit is a fairly simple story in which Bilbo and his new friends encounter many dangers and hardships along the way, but most importantly, it is the story in which Bilbo finds the Ring that will eventually be the centerpiece for Tolkien's subsequent classic.

Read The Hobbit to enjoy a quick story that will give you the background and introduction to Hobbits and Middle Earth that will make reading The Lord of the Rings much more enjoyable.

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Summary: The Hobbit by: J.R.R. Tolkien
Review: Call me crazy, but I didn't think that this book was that great. I had to read this book over the summer for an English class, and I have to say, I had my doubts before I even bought it. I'm not too big into the fantasy genre--I still haven't read the Harry Potter books, and I stopped with Tolkien's works after I read The Hobbit. As I began to read the book, I felt myself drifting off and not thinking about the book. I just could not get into it. By the middle, I was forcing myself to pay attention, but still, I was unsuccessful. I finally managed to finish the book, and all I could think of, was that I was glad it was over with. I don't enjoy reading books that I have to force myself to finish, so if you are a not a fan of the fantasy books, do NOT waste your time with this book.

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Summary: A Tale of heroism, good, evil and a small person
Review: This is a tale of gold, dragon, Elves and the wonder of it all. After reading the book for the third time, I must say it is still enjoyable. The book serves as a stand-alone novel or as a prelude to, "The Lord of the Rings." (LOTR)

Tolkien crafts an interesting world peopled with Dwarves, Hobbits, Men, Elves and others. The Hobbits are a race of comfort-loving people about 2-4 feet in height. If there is one thing they like it is peace, quiet and good food. Adventure and travel to far-off places is something they would really rather avoid if they can.

Bilbo Baggins is one such Hobbit and he had lived 50 years in good comfort and does not wish to change that. Then, Gandalf (a wizard) arrives and invites him on an adventure with a company of Dwarves. Bilbo is initially fearful and dismissive of the whole affair and then gradually become a leader of sorts of the company.

The style is easy to follow and the story is straightforward with some twists. Of the two books, I must state my preference for LOTR. The complexity of the world in which the novels are placed (Middle-Earth) that is merely hinted at in, "The Hobbit," is much more developed in LOTR.

The book is good in the old-fashioned sense of good story telling; there are no political agendas here but rather simply courage and the virtues of old. It is refreshing to read a book of battle, heroism, good and evil in our times of moral confusion and weakness. "The Hobbit," is good for children and adults; adults will probably appreciate LOTR more though.