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What Members Thought
3.5 stars. The writing is really good and imaginative and I can certainly see why lovers of epic fantasy hold this in such high regard. It is interesting and creative. But the characters are all a bit of a blur and though there was a lot going on I just didn't care enough to really be pumped up into the higher ratings. Enjoyable? Sure. Will it warrant a reread? Probably not. But I will be continuing on and I will read The Fellowship of the Ring, so clearly it was still worth my time and I can fi
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Blog comment: "I've never seen Zorba the Greek, or read it in fact. Perhaps I will add it to my list, though the list has not been moving so quickly what with all the jobs. No Logo is taking me forever, interspersed with small amounts of the women travel anthology. I tried three times to read the Hobbit and never got more than 100 pgs through it. Don't know why really."
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The Hobbit was a great and enjoyable read, I felt some parts were rushed but that's probably coming in to reading it with a head full of the films and the LOTR's books compared to it being a children's fantasy book. The characters were likeable and interesting and I found the plot to generally be a good pace. A great book and I want to read more of Tolkien's work.
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This time through. I listened to Andy Serkis' superb narration with my 9 y.o. The rating? Six stars out of five.
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for me, this was a hard book to follow.
May 30, 2014
Stephanie
marked it as to-read
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marked it as to-read
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Sharon
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Charity
marked it as to-read
