Reviews tagging 'War'

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

174 reviews

caesar2014's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, War

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia

maelstrommvr's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, War

Minor: Animal death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

teddykroon's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, War

directorpurry's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, War

stubbornvulpix's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent

peachmoni's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, War

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping

peachmoni's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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5 stars for Serkis' narration. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, War

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Fatphobia, Blood, Kidnapping

its_not_amariah's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, War

zams's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I started The Hobbit because I tried and failed multiple times with The Lord of the Rings, and I was surprised by how young it seems to be written, it appears like a very long fairytale. Overall I loved the story but couldn't quite get on board with the writing style, and the side characters were all basically the same and very flat. Granted there are a lot of them, but why if they're basically all the same, except for like 4 that differ minorly from the rest. I hate to say it but I kinda liked the movies better. I was a little surprised how much creative freedom the filmmakers took considering the source material though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

philosopher_kj's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny relaxing tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, War