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Radwa
Nov 29, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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بداية قراءاتي لسحر تولكين وعوالمه الخيالية، مع الهوبيت والتي تسبق أحداثها ثلاثية تولكين الشهيرة "ملك الخواتم". في هذه الرواية نتابع مغامرة الهوبيت الشجاع بيلبو باجنز مع الأقزام والساحر جاندالف في رحلتهم لاستعادة ثروات ومملكة الأقزام من التنين سموج، وهي كذلك بداية تعرفنا على الخاتم الذي ينتزعه بيلبو من مالكه الأخير جولوم.

أسلوب تولكين في الكتابة سحري للغاية وخاصة أنه كان يقصد بتوجيه كتاب "الهوبيت" للأطفال أصلاً، ولذلك يحتوي على الكثير من الأحاجي والألغاز، والكثير من المغامرات.

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Julie
Aug 06, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
I bought this book shortly after watching the first Hobbit movie, because I loved it so much I kept watching it every night before going to sleep for, like, two weeks. And it’s still my favorite of the three films.

Despite this, I found it very hard to actually finish the book. It wasn’t gripping me the way the LOTR trilogy gripped me from day one (and it still grips me to this day). Maybe it was because I read LOTR first because I was constantly comparing them, and I felt it was coming up short.
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Gayle
Aug 08, 2011 rated it really liked it
A re-read, this time in audiobook. Oh what a difference! The narrator was excellent! I enjoyed the story so much more in audio. Definitely a classic!
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Jul 24, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Michelle
Jan 02, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Deniz
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Lucas Carvalho
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Claudia
Aug 11, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shirley (stampartiste)
Sep 22, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Erin
Dec 24, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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