28.9k reviews for:

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

J.R.R. Tolkien

4.21 AVERAGE

rebecca4422's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

chasev923's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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

books_4_me222's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

pamtsinc's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense fast-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: No

madifish's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous 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: Yes

thebooknivore's review against another edition

3.0

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I feel like I’ve got such opposing views on this than other people… yikes. But like I just didn’t love it? I felt so MEH about this entire book. I didn’t find it horrible just super meh.

The audiobook narrated by Andy Serkis was 100% the way to go with this because without it who knows if I ever would’ve picked this up. I’ve had a copy of this book on my shelves for like EONS at this point and I’ve never had the drive to pick it up and I’m not sure this time why I was like why the hell not and read it. But it’s a lot.

Andy Serkis saved this book for me because I would’ve DNFed this probably if I physically read it. I found Bilbo cool and all the dwarfs and Gandalf and all. But I just wasn’t very interested or excited about it. It just felt super meh for me in the end.

Oh well. Not all will be winners.

n_lov's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous lighthearted

pomegranatepanacea's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

courge37's review against another edition

3.0

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Just can't get into it much... The middle was good but the beginning and end were tougher for me to get through. There's something I dislike about Tolkien's style (even if I like the story itself) it's too narrative, maybe...

amara265's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-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: Yes