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Summary: Read this to your kids at night!
Review: After all, that's what the author did. The first time I read this, I was in First Grade. I loved it. The author brings you into a world all his own, brilliantly detailed and filled with marvelous characters. The hero of the story, Bilbo, does good and wonderful things in the service of his companions, even when he knows they may not appreciate it.If you are a parent who is concerned about what to read to your children out of moral or religious concerns, you have nothing to fear from this book. The author, a Christian and friend of C.S. Lewis, did not let any muddled theology into his book. It is simply an unforgetable adventure with magic, (no explicable source)Goblins, Trolls, dragons, an enchanted river, and giant spiders. You and your children will enjoy this book for years to come.
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Summary: A Great Book For an Awesome Person
Review: I am a student who really loved this book along with the hobbit I also loved the harry potter series. The hobbit is a great book. I really liked it because it was very adventurous. The Hobbit, who liked to be left alone, was drug into an action-packed adventure. He then was in for a lot of fun and so are you when you read it!
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Summary: ALMOST PERFECT!
Review: First off, I must say that I am not usually a fantasy fan, but I read this for 6th grade honors reading, and ended up reading all of Tolkien's books. The characters all have distinctive personalities, the plot is excellent, the dialog is lively, and the climax was thrilling! Sure, it got boring for short period, but still, a must read!
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Summary: The Hobbit's True Review
Review: Bilbo was a quiet, calm Hobbit who loved to eat and live in comfort. That's just what he did until a band of dwarves led by a wizard came with an interesting proposition-stay home safe and happy or help kill a dragon and face certain death? What will Bilbo do? Will he accept? Of all the mysterious and adverturous things in this book there is one drawback. There are so many characters that it gets confusing. But do read the book. To help, write down the characters and a few personality traits to help understand them more. This book is enjoyable for all ages, but is suggested for teens and adults. The plot is amazing and keeps the readers eyes glued to the pages. The story pulls you into it as if you were helping Bilbo and marching off to fight the dragon. The details are magnificent and the adventure is enough to make your heart throb. The Hobbit is a book to read when you have lots of time and feel the need to read!
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Summary: a great book!
Review: if you like fantasy you will love,love,love this book! if you like trolls,elves, hobbits,or anything you will love it.if you like such great pc games such as everquset, baliders gate all the races will be their.A must read! what are ya waiting for. go buy it now!
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Summary: Inferiour to L.R.? I think not! No, just different!
Review: The biggest problem with this novel is perception. Tolkien wrote this story for children; to be more specific, this was written for HIS children. There were several stories like this, but it was this, The Hobbit, that was his master achievement in children's literature. The Lord of the Rings ( a single epic, NOT a trilogy) was written to cash in on The Hobbit's success. Tolkien wanted to get on with the more serious work of his mythology, and ultimately that is what happened with The Lord of the Rings. It became attached to his mythology, and became as important to him as The Silmarillion. So delineation is required if you want to read this. Do not go in with the thought that The Hobbit is a "precursor" or any such nonsense to The Lord of the Rings. Think of it like you would think of any other children's classics: children's classics. If you take it on The L. R.'s terms, this is a failure, primary because it is not written to be like that. But, on the flipside, The L. R. is as much a failure in children's fiction. It is not children's fiction, it is epic fantasy, and one should not equate it with children's fiction. That is EXACTLY what people try to do with The Hobbit. They try to put it in the same type of genre or playing field as The L. R. They are both masterpieces, and I love them both dearly. But one is for children, the other with adults. Of course, Tolkien is part of the problem. How many books do you know that is a children's book and has an adult sequel? Not very many. The Hobbit, scarcely 300 pages, was written and published in the children's market. He then talked to his publishers, and they wanted a sequel. So he began "the new Hobbit", as C. S. (Jack) Lewis so aptly put it. He was preoccupied with his mythology, and the sequel was drawn into it. So we have two works, spanning two different genres, and as far as surface connections go its little more than prequel/sequel. Instead of looking at The Hobbit as a prequel, a precursor to his ADULT masterpiece, an inferiour version, think of as his CHILDREN'S masterpiece. The Hobbit is top of the class in children's fiction, one of the few contenders against such other great children's works as Narnia and Wrinkle in Time. The Lord of the Rings, likewise, is THE crowning masterpiece of the fantasy genre, of which its influence is incalculable to that fantasy market. Both are as important as the other, just in different fields. I haven't talked about The Silmarillion much. I have already reviewed it, so I won't go real in-depth here. But the same thing happened with it. People, expecting another Lord of the Rings, were inevitably disappointed with the Biblical style of the published version. If Tolkien wrote that book out in narrative form as he did Lord of the Rings, it would be ten times longer than Lord of the Rings. The biggest problem with Tolkien is people have to many preconceptions that are incorrect. So, basically, in conclusion, think of it like this: 1. The Hobbit - Children's masterpiece. He scores big with this one. 2. The Lord of the Rings - a single fantasy, not a trilogy. (Tolkien was always quick to point that out). The Crowning achievement of modern fantasy. 3. The Silmarillion - the Bible of Middle-earth. Much more for students of his work than the causal reader.
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Summary: grat book
Review: this is one of the best fantasy books every. I have read it a lot of times.it has asuprizes on every page.
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Summary: full of suspence
Review: The hobbit is full of adventure and excitement. At the beggining a lazy hobbit,Bilbo Baggins,is sitting at his porch.Then a wizard named Gandalf unexpectingly comes to his door. He asks Bilbo if he wants to go on an adventure. Bilbo refuses. But that doesn't last long. Soon enough Bilbo is with Gandalf and a group of 14 dwarves. He meets a giant, giant spiders, and a lake that makes them sleep. Soon after Bilbo meets Smaug, the evil dragon, for himself. I would highly recomend this book to people that like adventure books.
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Summary: You have to read this one
Review: My friend had been bugging me to read this book and finally, I reluctantly did so. I'm glad I did. This book is a descriptive, interesting book with wonderful characters.
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Summary: The Hobbit
Review: This book was very imaginative and had a lot of depth. It was brilliantly described,and it was a very good fantasy book. Anyone who likes fantasy, of any type,I would recommend it to. I really enjoyed this book as it was very entertaining.
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