The Hobbit Review

 

 

Format: paperback

Rating: 5/5

Style: Classic/Fantasy

Recommend: Yes

Summary: The beginning of the greatest fantasy epic of our time. Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest, facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and worse unknown dangers. Finally, it was Bilbo–alone and unaided–who had to confront the great dragon Smaug, the terror of an entire countryside.

                        -Goodreads

Thoughts:

J.R.R Tolkien really knows how to bring a place like middle earth to life with the characters and creatures. Though I have to say in the beginning Bilbo and the dwarves annoyed me. Especially Bilbo there is only so many times you can hear him complain and want to be home. However he became more confidence in himself after the who Goblin cave, but I believe he really proved himself in the Mirkwood. The dwarves has their up and down for me they are a musical and hunger group. One thing that bothers me and J.R.R put it perfectly is that this "Dwarves are not hero's, but calculating folk with a great idea of the value of money; some are not, but decent enough people like Thorin and company, if you don't expect to much." which is so true since whenever there need to be someone to go ahead to scot it was always Bilbo. At first Bilbo would just do it and keep all the mean thoughts in his head, but in the end he got a voice. Am ready to read the rest of the Hobbit series and find out where this will end up.