Reviews with content warning for Violence - The Hobbit

Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

102 reviews

epsyphus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

Couldn’t help but compare it to the movies as I saw them first, but it held up as a book very well. It was quite a bit happier. If you listen to the audiobook Andy Serkis’s version is the only version.

Content Warnings

lorenasanz's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous inspiring reflective

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Content Warnings

madamenovelist's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Content Warnings

mirithyl's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

What an amazing book! I listened to the audiobook read by Andy Serkins and he reads the story with all the emotions that belong to the story. The story itself is also freaking amazing and so much better than the movies. I just finished the audiobook and already want to start over again! J.R.R. Tolkien is a master mind.

Content Warnings

rensreading's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

i finally understand why it took me 2 years to finish this book: i liked the movies better.

now, before you all pull out your knives on me, let me explain. the way tolkien wrote the characters in this story was boring and not thought out. bilbo is a blustering homebody who decides to go on this quest with the dwarves without giving a reason why. tolkien both wrote disparaging things about the dwarves which truly showed his racism. the dwarves, in my mind, felt like poc that bilbo was helping because he was bored. all of it was very white savior and it was a pain to push myself through to the end. also, for a story about bilbo helping the dwarves, there is very little depth to the company. you would think as bilbo supposedly gets closer with the company as the journey progresses that he would have more insightful things to say about them, but that isn’t the case at all. the plot is promising but the characters? bland.

and so i must give this 3 stars, though i might come back and rate it like 2.5 stars instead, maybe. we’ll see.

Content Warnings

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Content Warnings

bubbly_lara's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous challenging funny hopeful mysterious slow-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

4.25

Finally diving into Middle-Earth in it's original form! Was super intimidated going in, remember struggling a lot to get into the writing of the German translation as it was quite difficult to read. However, Tolkien's original writing is even more lyrical than I remember and sucks you in right into the story. Also, the narrator's voice in my head sounded a lot like Sir Ian McKellen... ;)

Content Warnings