The Hobbit (1937) (edit title/settings)

• Rated 0 stars

“The hobbit is an extraordinary story of a small hobbit named Bilbo Baggins. When he is confronted by a strange wizard named Gandalf, he embarks on a quest with twelve dwarves to help them regain their lost kingdom. What they are not sure of, is that the deadly dragon Smaug is awaiting them.”

• Rated 3 stars

“ISU novel study. It was a good book. It had lots of adventure and descriptive language. I guess it wasn't my type of genre and frankly I found it boring and hard to get through. ”

• Rated 4 stars

“I would have given this the 3 stars but felt it was not entirely aimed at my age. I have got to say that I liked the film more as it linked better with Lord of the Rings, but you need to remember that this books was written before that. As a children's book it is an epic adventure but for an adult I feel it lacks something, the action is sometimes skipped over and the book moves very quickly. People said the film was too slow but I really felt this was too fast. It is a book I will be reading to my children and one I wish I had read when I was young but talking spiders and eagles do not really do it for me so much now. Still a classic but not quite as good as I expected.”

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“Bilbo Baggins travels with dwarvies to reclaim their home land from the Dragon and find this ring with strange powers.”

• Rated 5 stars

“great book”

• Rated 0 stars

“OK, but it cant beat Harry Potter
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• Rated 5 stars

“Fun. Pure absolute fun, even while you can see adventure traditiions being (re)created with every step it takes.”

• Rated 3 stars

“I don't know why this is a classic. I just barely got thru it.”

• Rated 0 stars

“An excellent book
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• Rated 4 stars

“really good so far”