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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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September 15, 2013
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October 31, 2013
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Tuğçe Gökırmak
Jan 02, 2014 rated it really liked it
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Hobbit en çok bilinen ve sevilen fantastik romanlardan birisi. J.R.R. Tolkien’in yazdığı Hobbit, ilk olarak George Allen & Unwin tarafından 1937′de yayımlanmıştır. Ki hala aklım Tolkien’in hayal gücünün sınırlarını – ya da belki uçsuz bucaksızlığını demeliyim – kabul etmekte direniyor. Ve İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı dersleri veren Tolkien’in kendi çocukları için yazdığı bir hikayeymiş.

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Stephanie
Absolutely loved it. This is my first time reading Tolkien, and it won't be the last. I had seen the Hobbit cartoon movie when i was a kid, but forgot 90 percent of it, and had forgotten a lot of the two Peter Jackson installments as well. So, my crappy memory for movies served me once again with this book. Much of it was a surprise.

The ending was a trifle convenient, but it's still a really great story. The movies don't convey how long and grueling the journey was, and how hungry and cold the a
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Dido
Aug 07, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics
Heerlijk om weer eens over te lezen. Ik wilde dit gedaan hebben voor de film(s) uitkomen. Heb ook graag mij eigen herinneringen aan het boek. Vraag me wel af hoe men het boek denkt onder te verdelen in twee films. De complexiteit van het verhaal ligt een stuk lager dan bij In de ban van de ring. hierin is De Hobbit ook duidelijk het 'kinder'boek, wat Tolkien ook voor ogen schijnt gehad te hebben.

De vorige keer dat ik het boek las, is zeker 15 jaar terug. De hoofdlijn blijft je wel bij, maar veel
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Anita
Feb 12, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Still just as good as ever. Love The Hobbit rather a lot! :-)
Michele
Mar 20, 2011 rated it liked it
Gayle
Apr 25, 2011 rated it really liked it
Kirsten Rodgers
May 09, 2011 rated it really liked it
Ellen
Jun 15, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Michele Abrams Lehn
Jul 29, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Anita
Aug 02, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Aug 19, 2011 rated it really liked it
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Oct 27, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Roberta
Dec 31, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: i-own, to-reread, fantasy
Kimberly
Feb 03, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: own
Helen Marie
Mar 10, 2012 marked it as to-read
Sharon
Aug 30, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Nikole
Sep 11, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: classics
Shannon Daily
Dec 14, 2012 rated it really liked it
Jennifer
Feb 05, 2013 marked it as to-read
Krysta Tupper
Sep 14, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Christine
Jun 01, 2019 marked it as to-read
Joanie
Mar 30, 2024 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Christine
Sep 25, 2024 marked it as to-read