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Summary: IT'S AN INTOXICATING BOOK YOU CAN NOT PUT DOWN!!!!
Review: I read the book in high school an was captivated by the story.so much so that i read all of the rest of J.R.R.TOLKIENS books now i read them to my children at bed time.Its lets your mind wander an lets you look at life at a childs point of veiw.some new creature or race appears in the book and lets your childs mind wander and think since my childern are so inquizative they want to know what they look like and where there from i tell them to think about it.but she loves the book from gandalf the wizard to the 13 dwarfs.and bilbos furry feet and the action of the orcs goblins wargs and spiders.theres action in almost every chapter a simple book for them to follow at a young age. But a complex story over the rest of the series of books. As bilbos fate is intertwined with gollums b-day present a simple golden ring to the looks of the avarage eye.A must read book for people with children who are captivated by the middle ages.Like a trip to the renaissance festival in there own mind in a way.
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Summary: A Most Excellent Book
Review: The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings are my favorite books of all time. You are missing something if you don't love these books. They are charming, quaint, sad, funny and FANTASTIC! I can't even come close to describing how wonderful they are. I first read them when I was in high school in the 70's and have re-read them countless times since. They are awe-inspiring!I deeply regret that Tolkien passed away before I ever got a chance to meet him. I would have done just about anything to talk to the man who wrote these stories...he was a genius! He wrote his own language! He was fabulous! There is also a book that was published of letters he wrote and illustrated for his children from Santa Claus...he would send THEM letters from the North Pole every year. Can you imagine being a child and RECEIVING letters from Santa Claus? What a cool dad! Tolkien changed my life and my way of thinking with his books and I pity anyone who has never entered Middle Earth. I've never read anything that comes close to these books. I think I'll read them again...
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Summary: One of the Worst Books I've Ever Read
Review: All I've heard about is how highly acclaimed the book "The Hobbit" is, but I completely disagree. This is one of the most boring, over-rated, and tedious books I have ever read. What even possess a person to say it is the best book they have ever read is beyond me.
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Summary: This is by far the best book of the genre!
Review: This was not the first fantasy novel I've ever read. It is however by far the best. No where do you find a cast of characters with full fleshed out existences as you do in the Hobbit. I've read this novel four times. And will be reading it within the next year.
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Summary: This story is excellent.
Review: The Hobbit is a delightfull children's tale of adventure and fantasy. I recommend it for all ages. It is my favorite book ever.
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Summary: the 2nd greatest book of all time
Review: this book is just more awesome than most imagine, i have read it 3 times and since then i have read the lord of the rings part 1 and 2 and am on part 3, but this book is so sweet it has inspired me to write my own stories.
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Summary: You gotta love the little Hobbit
Review: Fantastic adventure in a world meticulously described by the author. Despite being somewhat linear in the beginning (as expected being it for kids), the last few chapters become quite unpredictable and incorporate situations that a grown up too can enjoy (e.g. the negotiations that take place among Bilbo, Thorin, Bard and the Elvenking at the Lonely Mountain).
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Summary: BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ
Review: The Best book i have ever read if i could i would give it 100 stars and for the other people who dont like they just cant respect a good fantasy book
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Summary: Overrated
Review: Everyone I've ever heard from who has read Tolkein ether loves him or hates him, and having The Hobbit as assigned reading seems to greatly raise the likelyhood of hating it. It's just too much of a "My First Fantasy Novel" to really interest me, even when I first read it at age 10 or so. Of course, by then, I was already into Mercedes Lackey and other fantasy, so the almost-nonexistant character personalities and and uninteresting creatures (Orcs and one smelly dragon.Wow.) showed their true blandness in contrast. And where are the female characters? E-mail me if there are some and I've just forgotton, but from what I remember, there are no women at all that are more than just mentioned. Was Tolkien really that much of a chauvenist? If you thought that this book was okay, but not fantastic, and that some parts were a bit too boring, whatever you do, DO NOT READ THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING!!!! It's even more boring! Take my advice. I know Tolkein was the first, but did he have to make it so obvious?
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Summary: the stupidest book i have ever read!
Review: i thought this book was the dumbest book i have read in a long time. i hated it. i found it very hard to get into with all the characters listed in it. i would give it 0 stars if i could.
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