Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

10 reviews

annapox's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Death, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

goodomen's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Death, War, Violence, Antisemitism, and Fatphobia

parenthesis_enjoyer's review against another edition

I was a child

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Grief and Fatphobia

Minor: Xenophobia and Alcohol

parenthesis_enjoyer's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Alcohol and Xenophobia

parenthesis_enjoyer's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Grief, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Alcohol and Xenophobia

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, War, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death

Minor: Blood, Sexism, Death of parent, Animal death, Racism, and Xenophobia

crufts's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense 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

4.25

When a book is adapted as a movie, a talented director can elevate the humour and plot beyond the original material. For example, the HP books are decent, but the movies are superb. There are dozens of jokes in the HP movies that never existed in the original books. The HP movie plots are also a lot tighter, with unnecessary subplots either removed or combined.

When I read The Hobbit, I predicted that the book might have a similar relationship to the trilogy of Hobbit movies, i.e. the book would be decent but maybe not quite as funny or well-plotted. But I was wrong!

It turns out that virtually every joke from the movies was taken directly from the original book. In other words, the book itself was already really funny without any help from the film director.
Not only that, but the book's plot is actually a lot tighter and cleaner than the movies. This is made pretty obvious by the fact that a 300-page book does not need to be stretched out into eight hours of film. The problem is so well-known that there are about a dozen fan-made "supercuts" of the trilogy that cut down the unnecessarily long runtime. In contrast, the original book is fast-paced and efficient.
Finally, I really liked the characters and their different attitudes to the adventure. They're now so famous that they've virtually become archetypes (for example, Bilbo has become a classic Reluctant Hero), but putting that aside, I liked how they were written and definitely found myself caring about what happened to them.

Great fun, arguably better than the movie trilogy, would recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, War, Death, and Xenophobia

Some typical fantasy racism appears towards orcs, goblins, etc. The ending of the book involves a huge battle. Giant spiders appear during the forest sequence.

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Xenophobia, War, and Death

jonsnowsmanbun's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Fatphobia

aconfundityofcrows's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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

4.0

Feb 2021: I enjoyed this more this reread than my previous two rereads, so that's nice. I was worried I was getting sick of the book, which was disappointing to think, since I really enjoyed it the first time I read it in eighth grade.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Fatphobia

Minor: Animal death and Xenophobia