The Hobbit: Reviews by 2023 Reading Challengers

[Winter, Group Reads]

Tell us what you thought of the book! You can leave your review here. Even if you read the book outside of the group, please feel free to let us know what you thought of it.

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[Carmen]

It was a reread for me so no surprises about the story, what surprised me, in a very, very positive way, was that I listened to the Spanish audiobook edition narrated by Javier Gutiérrez and it gave the book another 5 stars if possible. What a magnificient job!
It was amazing!

[Beth]

This just didn’t do anything for me. I can appreciate the world building and the craftsmanship in the writing and all. I wanted to love it! High fantasy isn’t my genre.

[John]

I last read this back in junior high, and was pleased to revisit it.

Four stars
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[Megan (sporadic hiatus due to law school)]

This was much funnier than I remember it being. Glad that I reread it, but it doesn't have the flow or pacing of a book that could be a yearly reread. Still, it was very good, and I am glad to have had an excuse to revisit it.

[Ashleigh]

This was just an okay read for me. Didn't hate it, didn't love it. I gave it 3.5/5.

[GailW]

After years of telling myself this book was not for me - it was meant for kids (it was likely meant for boys), I finally, in my [mumbles number] year, listened to this on audio. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I think I would have struggled a bit with it in print, but the narrator, Rob Inglis, made this all work for me. I gave it a 4.