Here's the story: I wanted a fantasy book to read, and I figured this is one of the best out there. The first time I tried to read this, I was about 10 years old, and I didn't have the attention-span to pay attention to get past the first chapter. I tried again in high school, but I was reading such...
I would have liked this so much more if I didn't have to read this for school. So. Much. More. In school, we had to take notes on pretty much every single paragraph. It was so annoying. I got so bored of this book. That being said, at around the halfway point, it suddenly picked up and was much more...
I think I found a good stopping point for where I want to be before I see the movie, since the book is going to be broken into three movies. *cross fingers* More to this review later when I finish the rest of the book. 3 stars is only a standard unfinished rating for shelving purposes. I won't know ...
Bilbo Baggins is a Hobbit and he enjoys his quiet, respectable life in his quiet home in the Shire. Eating, seeing friends and generally living in peace.Until Gandalf arrives at his door, followed quickly by 14 dwarfs who drag him into that least wanted of things – an adventure.He finds himself walk...
I know it probably makes me a terrible person in its way, but I love this more than I love the Lord of the Rings. The conversational style of it is always a pure pleasure to read, and the pacing is swift, piling from one adventure straightaway into the next. Also, there's at least one very touching ...
I love The Hobbit, but I can't help thinking that I would like it more without the narrator voice. But then again, it hooked me when I was 12 and it wasn't until years later that I was able to tackle the more adult, serious tone of The Lord of the Rings and fully appreciate the masterpiece that it i...
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