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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

23 reviews

celery's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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bree_h_reads's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

To start, Andy Serkis does an amazing job narrating the audiobook. I feel like he really captures and channels the performance of the other actors from the movies. Not to mention his overall way of narrating really captures the wonder and whimsy and magic of Tolkien’s world and descriptions. Also hearing the voice of Gollum from the movies for the book was very fun.

The book itself is amazing. Tolkien was a skilled writer and when he moves into long tangents on the world building it’s not a rambling drag and kept me interested. It perfectly captures the feeling of reading myths and legends and old stories (Beowulf comes to mind). It has such a fairy tale feel to it, it just carries you along through the story. Not to mention all the songs were very fun to listen to and I want fully productions of all of them.

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unwise_samwise's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful tense 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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toastyghosty13's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

this was a fun adventure. i had seen the movies and decided to read the book after, and will follow up with other tolkien books.

it was nice reading about the adventures of bilbo et al. i liked the tone of this a lot more than the movies and found it to be a very relaxing read. it was very nice to sit on the couch and read with a cup of tea.

it was slow, but that could also be chalked up to the print edition i was reading since it had small font and not a lot of paragraphing or spacing.

i highly recommend this still, i almost wish there was more detail like how the movie creators expand on a lot of the scenes, but at the same time it felt nice that it was not so detailed in the book which left it more open ended and up to the interpretation of the reader.

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coco78337's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing tense 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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strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I listened to it on audio and read it between the second and third Lord of the Rings.

I remember being in 6th grade and my friends had to read this for their book group and they all said it was boring. I guess if you are a 6th grader I could see it, but I was scared ever since of reading it. Now that I have, I have determined my classmates were crazy. This book is great and I recommend it.

Quotes:
“What do you mean? Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not, or that you feel good this morning, or that it is a morning to be good on?” -Gandalf

Wizards after all are wizards

Then there was a gorgeous row

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

May your beard grow ever longer

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amberkaylynn's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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asipofcozy's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense 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

I finally did it. After years of saying "I will pick up the Hobbit" or "I will pick up Lord of the Rings, I have finally read both, and dare I say, shame on me for taking so long to pick either of them up. One thing I am glad that I did was read LOTR first before reading The Hobbit. It was beautiful catching moments, quotes, actions, and situations that would transpire in LOTR. It made the world so much grander.

I am looking for someone to share in adventure that I am arranging.

Tolkien knows how to write a grandeur adventure that is both whimsical and epic. I fell in love with his writing in Lord of the Rings, and reading the Hobbit is no different. I felt transported to a world of adventure, quests, meandering hobbits, and a looming war. This isn't a read you can sit down in one day and devour (though try I did). This is a book you savor over tea with the fireplace going and the Fall rain hitting the window (which may have been how I read this).

I could see myself rereading this many times in the future, just as I have Lord of the Rings. There is just something about the aesthetic of the book, the poetic writing, and the adventure that draws me in.

(p.s. - if you are picking this book up AFTER the movie, please be aware that you will see many differences and things that did not occur in the book.)

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