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The Hobbit
Completely engaging, colorful, character lessons, humour, adventure, imagination...it's all here. Stands on its own but is the doorway to the Fellowship trilogy, which is also fantastic and super-engaging; clarity and beauty.
The Hobbit
If you enjoy Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey you need to read this fabulous book!
The Hobbit
This is a magical book in more senses than one. I have not yet downloaded the Kindle edition but it would clearly be more convenient to carry around than the paperback. The book itself has a much more tightly focused story than The Lord of the Rings. (This makes me worry about the decision of the film-makers to turn it into a series of three feature films. There was easily enough material in The Lord of the Rings to support that treatment but I can't see how it will work for The Hobbit.) Anyway, for anyone who hasn't yet read it I cannot recommend it highly enough.
The Hobbit
I love it.It is amazing.I mean hobbits in hundreds or thousands could never match to Bilbo Baggins bravest achievement in the book.
The Hobbit
Not going to review the story, here. If you want an opinion on that, look elsewhere. This edition is really beautiful. The binding is really elegant, with speckled page edges and gold/red embossing on the cover. Comes with a matching slip case also, which is also very nice.I like to pay particular attention to the page layouts and typesetting, and it's really beautiful. They don't make 'em like this these days. Pages have absolutely massive margins which is so nice to look at. There are a number of colour plates, and also many illustration pages which have a lovely pale green/yellow ink tint behind them. This same coloured ink is used on the chapter title pages which adds a real feel of quality and attention to detail.One of the prized possessions in my bookcase.
The Hobbit
very good reading it makes you feel like you are on the adventure, the type of book you wont want to put down