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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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What Members Thought

Gaijinmama
Full disclosure: I am a life-long Tolkien geek. Mock me, and I'll cuss you out in Elvish. And then I'll breathe a bit of fire at you.
This is the prequel to The Lord of the Rings. I actually read LOTR first when I was 9 years old (back when dinosaurs walked the earth...) and it was rough going, so I highly recommend reading The Hobbit first. It explains a lot of things that are important to the trilogy. Also, unlike LOTR, this is a children's book. It's not just for children, by any means, but it
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Elena
I listened to the audio book, which was a dramatization, a radio show on its origin. A lot of voices, sounds, and songs. My only complaint is that I had a hard time understanding some of the creature voices. It is the prequel to The Lords of the Rings, and a children's book. LOTR is supposed to be better. ...more
Meredeth
May 14, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: childhood-reads
This is one of the dad's forced reads, but one I will read a million times. Thanks, dad, for shoving it down my throat. love you. ...more
Joseph
Feb 12, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Reread with Tobin at age 7; he loved it.
Sara
Apr 23, 2008 rated it really liked it
Sara Musko
May 07, 2008 rated it it was ok
Shelves: classics
Jenn
Jun 06, 2008 rated it really liked it
Brenda
Sep 02, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: own
Kiri
Oct 04, 2008 rated it did not like it
Shelves: z-read-1970-1999
Cindy
Dec 19, 2008 rated it liked it
Shelves: classics
Mary Cronk
Jul 24, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Bethany
Sep 09, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Kellee
Mar 14, 2010 rated it it was ok
Shelves: 2010
Erik Steiner
Sep 10, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Laura
Sep 19, 2010 rated it did not like it
Basia
Feb 04, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Stephanie
Sep 19, 2011 marked it as to-read
Ellen Librarian
Sep 20, 2011 rated it liked it
Chelsea Oaks
Mar 21, 2012 rated it liked it
Olivia Robinson
Jun 01, 2012 rated it really liked it
Carrie Smith
Sep 08, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Renee Cockram
Oct 16, 2012 marked it as to-read
Savanna
Mar 29, 2013 rated it liked it
Joi
Apr 22, 2013 rated it did not like it
ShelleyO
Apr 28, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Jamie
Mar 07, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Sarah
Aug 20, 2018 rated it it was ok
Meade
Jul 27, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: re-read, memory-lane
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