Book Review: The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Title: The Hobbit (There and Back again).
Middle-earth Universe).
(first published 1937).
In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.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. . .This stirring adventure fantasy begins the tale of the hobbits that was continued by J.R.R. Tolkien in his bestselling epic The Lord of the Rings.Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent. The text in this 372-page paperback edition is based on that first published in Great Britain by Collins Modern Classics (1998) and includes a note on the text by Douglas A. Anderson (2001). Unforgettable!
My Review:
O! God. This is overwhelming. I am laughing, going mad and above all crying.
This is too much happiness for me to take the path of a journey that once been taken by one of my favourite Hobbits ever Mr Baggins which I am so proud of; he never imagined that his Took side of the family might take over him one day when he left his house one morning to catch up the 13 dwarves who been uninvited to his Hobbit's hall but yet they spent the whole night eating and sings making it uncomfortable for any Hobbit and moreover their invitation to him. He even left without his pocket-handkerchief. I believe it is unbelievable for a Hobbit but so as Gandalf said Bilbo is the lucky number; he was.
Starting the journey, he was frightened adding to the new path he took that no Baggins but might be a Took have taken once before. To Rivendell where he got to meet the elven kings under the sky, to the heart of the misty mountains and to meet the very forgotten creature Gollum that he challenged for riddle or Bilbo would be eaten. Bilbo won his life but above all he won the ring that made him walk through shadows, he tricked the goblins and with his ring saved the life of the dwarves many countless times; he turned out to be the most important fellow of the 15. Meeting eagles and dragons! He was the only brave to meet and even speak with the mighty dragon (poor Bilbo or poor us? that we never thought how a small fellow of a Hobbit can change the face of the earth and history within?)
R.I.P. Thorin Oakenshield, Kili and Fili.
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