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The Hobbit

Or, There and Back Again
Oct 31, 2020HollyKelsch rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
[Please don't beat me up about this Hobbit fans...] The book was okay but I personally feel that it is a bit overrated. The large fan base and great reviews I had been given about this book really pumped me up and excited me about reading it and convinced me to check it out from the library. However, when I actually began to read it, I was a bit disappointed. I would agree that it is not a bad novel, but compared to the many other books (particularly of the fantasy genre) that I have read as a bibliophile, I found it a bit dull. I actually struggled to finish it (only really doing so out of sheer stubbornness) because I found so many other books that I had checked out a bit later than it more appealing (Howl's Moving Castle, for example). Perhaps the other books in its series are what cause people to fall in with the fandom, but I can't truly say because I have not read them yet and after this experience, I am a bit hesitant to do so. Either way, I would suggest this novel if you have truly run out of other things to read and suggest you not get your hopes up too much.