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| | Review: the hobbit
| Handed to me by my then 14 y.o. son, it became my introduction into "another world" of "little people". Although a civilization of fantasy, good and evil were intrinsic to the "Hobbit Village"; one family in particular. Thus the scene was set for the continuing story and next book, "The Lord of the Rings".
The Hobbit characters are fully developed, by the time some of the new ones,so uniquely Tolkien, are created. With brilliant attention to detail, a magnificient back-drop, for an action packed adventure, is set up to follow. The ring is the single, most potent, symbol of good forged in evil, with the power to corrupt even the best in a Hobbit.
A book for young and old. The movie; "Lord of the rings", does this book full justice.
Elizabeth Laine author of, "A butterfly landed an eagle". |
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| | Review: fantasy Book of the Century...No ALL TIME
| There is nothing i can say about this book that would be Bad, You already know this book is awesome, Why are you reading my Crappy Review when you could be reading this Amazing Book? Book = 11/10
if your a lord of the rings fan ? 20/10 |
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| | Review: This is a story that grows with the reader.
| In a mythical or maybe just forgotten time, many creatures lived in places like the Shire, home to Bilbo Baggins, Hobbit. Hobbits are comfort loving creatures with no real sense for adventure. A knock on the door and Bilbo's life is about to change.
Calling this book children's book is like calling "Alice in Wonderland" [see "The Annotated Alice"] a children's book. Yes children can read this book and it is fun. How ever there is a lot more to this book than a cute story. And it has all the depth of the other Tolkien works with the exception of being shorter.
Many people look at this story as a prequel to "The Lord of the Rings", where in reality it is a stand-alone story with a perfectly good beginning, middle, and end. When you read "The Lord of the Rings" there is enough description to forgo "The Hobbit." Personally, I find that reading The Lord of the Rings first gave me the in-depth background to better appreciate The Hobbit.
Many of the creatures and adventures will put you on the edge of your seat. You will recognize the personalities and grow along will Bilbo as he faces new challenges as he learns to deal with life.
A good book to read first would be "The Power of Myth" by Joseph Campbell. Then you get a clearer picture of why the story progresses as it does.
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth
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| | Review: Good, but not as described
| This is a fun adaptation of Tolkien's classic work and I enjoy it as such, but it is *not* as described here by Amazon. First, buyers need to know that this is a graphic novel and an abridgment of Tolkien's work. Second, it is *not* illustrated by Alan Lee as stated in Amazon's description, the illustrations were done by David Wenzel. This is a glaring mistake that Amazon needs to correct quickly. There are plenty of Alan Lee fans out there, especially after the LOTR movies were made with his assistance, and those fans may be disappointed to find the work of a different illustrator show up in their mailbox. Amazon also gives the wrong ISBN-10 number, though I doubt many will notice or care.
Having said all this, I have enjoyed this adaptation of Tolkien's work. I bought it primarily for my 5 year old daughter who is a bit too young for the unabridged and non-illustrated novel but is still very interested in the story. She loves for me to read it to her and she gets a fuller and more accurate depiction of the story than the 1977 cartoon video provides.
I recommend this work, but Amazon needs a fuller, more honest description of what buyers will be receiving. |
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| | Review: The Hobbit: Better than Lord of the Rings!
| | The Hobbit is a good book! The writing style was excellent, and there was enough going for it to keep any reader interested. On a personal note, I found The Hobbit to be better than any of the Lord Of The Rings stories. My only complaint, however, pertains to the length of the book. A fair chunk of it related to pure description(ie: forests, dwarves, climate), and while it's necessary to get the feel for the setting, it just simply drags a little too long. Some trimming would have worked for the better! --> 7/10 |
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