The Hobbit, or There and Back Again in Into the Forest

Jan 07, 2013 Katy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: bingo-2016, scifi_fantasy_2016, forest_2016

2023: A nice reread.

2016:
Ever a classic. Needed to do a reread to remember what is actually in The Hobbit after seeing the movies with the "extras" added in. Love the narrator's voice -- almost feels like an oral legend. ...more

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Jun 26, 2010 Norain rated it really liked it

Shelves: middle-grade

You won't find handsome heroes or beautiful heroines in this book; there are only dwarves who are hundred years old, a wizard who is also very old, and a hobbit, and they went to hunt for old treasure stolen by a dragon. Seriously, who said that a good story must have romance in it?

I really like this story. Mr Tolkien's storytelling style here is a bit childish but nonetheless, very charming. And I like the way the plot is lined and how the story does not end with the dead of the dragon. As for ...more

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Mar 16, 2010 Bitsy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, fantasy, young-adult, classic, epic-fantasy

It’s hard to write a review about a classic like The Hobbit. You can’t help but be awed by the history and literary significance of the books (and I include both The Hobbit and the trilogy that follows when I say this) upon which so much of epic fantasy literature is now based. Everything from the heroes quest to the world building, from the wizards and dragons to the goblins and elves scream fantasy to you and you can’t help but realize that this was one of the first, and that definitely gives ...more

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May 22, 2012 Molly Ringle rated it really liked it

This was a re-read for me, but the first go-round was so long ago that I'd forgotten a lot of the book. (Hey, look at that! A whole passel of giant spiders! And Frodo and Sam thought *they* had arachnid problems.) Tolkien, as ever, excels at his world-building: the landscape and its unusual inhabitants feel totally real, and made me look around with new appreciation at rocks, plants, and streams in my own neighborhood, as if they all might harbor magical beings or properties.

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