The Hobbit

by J.R.R. Tolkien | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
ISBN: 0345339681 Global Overview for this book
Registered by winginnaewing of Aurora, Colorado USA on 10/9/2015
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Journal Entry 1 by winginnaewing from Aurora, Colorado USA on Friday, October 9, 2015
My friend Chel cleaned out her storage locker, and found some books she thought she could do without.

Journal Entry 2 by winginnaewing at Aurora, Colorado USA on Saturday, October 10, 2015

Released 8 yrs ago (11/1/2015 UTC) at Aurora, Colorado USA

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Journal Entry 3 by winginnaewing at Aurora, Colorado USA on Wednesday, November 4, 2015
This was not chosen on Halloween - so back to AVL it goes.

Journal Entry 4 by winginnaewing at Aurora, Colorado USA on Saturday, December 26, 2015
Will be headed out in my 2016 Movie Book Box

The Hobbit - I went with the cartoon version from 1977 - because Bilbo was so cute.


Journal Entry 5 by wingGoryDetailswing at Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Thursday, January 7, 2016
I've read this one, and released several copies, so I'm leaving this in the box for someone else to enjoy. But I wanted to add my comments.

This is, of course, the tale of Bilbo Baggins and his adventures with a party of dwarves, in which he discovers a long-lost magic ring that will feature strongly in The Lord of the Rings. But the main focus of this book is the introduction to Middle Earth, and especially to the (usually) home-loving hobbit-folk. Even as Bilbo becomes more and more self-reliant on his wanderings, he finds that his home seems ever more precious... This story's much simpler than LOTR, but has its own richness and detail - and it has a dragon, which is always fun!

I admit that I took a surprisingly long time to get into this book, way back in high school; for years I'd pick it up, read the first line - "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit" - and put it back unread. It wasn't until I'd graduated from high school and was given copies of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings as a graduation present from the librarians (I worked summers at the library) that I actually delved into it - and then it didn't take long before I was hooked. Since then I've read the books many, many times over, and I still enjoy them.

Now for the recent Peter Jackson films... I found the first installment, An Unexpected Journey, entertaining but a bit too overdone - too many near-slapstick fight sequences, especially those in the goblin realm, and with a different tone than that of the book. I've determined to try and take the films on their own merits, but it's hard to avoid wishing that they'd been truer to the original! That said, I did enjoy the ticklish romance between elf (and non-canon character) Tauriel and dwarf Kili, however unlikely-to-impossible that would have been in the novels, and it was fun seeing Legolas sniping at his father (who was portrayed amazingly well too). But there were lots of other elements I didn't care for, with motivations rearranged completely, some key characters undercut for the sake of the romantic subplots and the insane gold-saturated-halls bits, and in general a lot more "preparation for the videogames and action figures" than adherence to the soul of the original. I didn't care for the last film at all, and while I may have teared up a bit here and there, I felt that the film did not do justice to Thorin's parting words, some of the most powerful and memorable from the book. Ah, well!

[There's a TV Tropes page for the book, with lots of entertaining tidbits - just beware of spoilers if you haven't read the book yet. And the Jackson films have their own page.]

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