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The Hobbit

or There and Back Again

By J.R.R. Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien (Illustrator)

(114)

| Mass Market Paperback | 9780048231888

14 Reviews

  • 3 people find this helpful

    Reread many many years after my first (and second and third etc...) reading and The Hobbit is still a wonderful read. It reads almost as if it was spoken, not written. Not as dense or detailed as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but sets in motion the events of that trilogy.

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    ― Cuzzin Todd said on Jan 9, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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    This is the class prequel to the LOTR trilogy. I never made it through the trilogy because I just thought The Hobbit was so much better! I read this for the first time in 5th grade. Its a great story - so fantastic and brilliant. It really is another world. One day I'll read the Trilogy... after I r ... (continue)

    This is the class prequel to the LOTR trilogy. I never made it through the trilogy because I just thought The Hobbit was so much better! I read this for the first time in 5th grade. Its a great story - so fantastic and brilliant. It really is another world. One day I'll read the Trilogy... after I reread the Hobbit :)

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    ― karattack said on Jan 4, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • I just wanted to mention as a side note that The Hobbit is my favorite book, so the "reading progress" for this book is not correct--I have read this book more times than I can even remember. I always wish I could read it like I was reading it for the first time again though.

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    ― Laurenidas said on Jun 17, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • *** This comment contains spoilers! ***

    The Beginning of the Story!

    The Hobbit seems a much lighter forefather to the Lord of Rings, though it not without danger. There are the giant spiders of Mirkwood, the goblins of the mountain and, of course, Smaug. But it is full of light-hearted moments too. It does seem to be more for children, but in this book Bilbo take ... (continue)

    The Hobbit seems a much lighter forefather to the Lord of Rings, though it not without danger. There are the giant spiders of Mirkwood, the goblins of the mountain and, of course, Smaug. But it is full of light-hearted moments too. It does seem to be more for children, but in this book Bilbo takes possession of a seemingly harmless ring. Sixty years later, it will be a much more serious thing.

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    ― GLawson said on Mar 19, 2009 | Add your feedback

  • My oldest favorite...

    I first read this with my dad when I was four or five and this book has been a favorite comfort read ever since.

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    ― Limetree22 said on Feb 28, 2009 | Add your feedback

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