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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

J.R.R. Tolkien

Start date: September 1, 2017

Finish date: June 30, 2018

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Oct 30, 2017 Lily rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-i-own, my-childhood-book, christian-fiction-author, action-and-adventure, favorites, nostalgiaaa, middle-grade, favorite-author, audiobook, will-read-again

One gif to summarize how I feel about this book:

Ahem. Hey there. How do I review this?! 😭 Someone tell me! I just feel like I can't! My thoughts won't gather and transform themselves into words (hah, imagine me trying to review The Silmarillion! even scarier!).

««Recommended for...»»
☐ Those who enjoyed The Hobbit movie trilogy and/or the Lord of the Rings trilogy
☐ Readers of middle grade, high fantasy, and/or classics
☐ Babies (this is partially a joke unless you're the kind of Tolkien fan who wo ...more

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Dec 15, 2018 Tara rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: owned, mythgard-academy, fantasy, tolkien, annonated-works

For a Tolkien nerd like me, its hard to improve upon the original, but this book does a wonderful job of providing just enough behind-the-scenes information to be interesting, but not too much to be overwhelming and tedious. The most interesting aspect in my opinion is the various illustrations from places all over the planet, including Russia, Japan, Romania, and Estonia, just to name a few. Somehow their individual cultures come through on the pages, even though they are drawing inspiration fr ...more

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Sep 07, 2021 Santosh91 rated it it was amazing

Goosebumps..

I think this book definitely ranks among one the the best books I have ever read. Why should heroes be strong and have all the super abilities why can't an inconsequential small hobbit be a real hero? In fact what makes a hero?

I love this premise from Tolkein and am hooked. I want to go ahead and finish rest of the LOTR series. ...more

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