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The back reads:
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive of his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum.
I'm going to be perfectly honest here: I tried reading The Hobbit during 8th grade and hated it! I think I got up to the part where Bilbo finds the ring, and then I put it down, vowing to never pick it up again. That being said...
I loved it the second time around!
I don't know if it was because I've gotten older, or if I'd seen the movie and wanted to see how it ended (who can wait three years for the ending?!), but I was really drawn into the story, and actually cheering for the heroes! (Well, at least in my head...)\
The only part that I absolutely hated was when Bilbo and the dwarves (Fili, Kili, Dwalin, Balin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Ori, Nori, Dori, Oin, Gloin, and Thorin Oakenshield) were captured by some HUGE spiders!
Explanation: I'm arachnaphobic!
(^Even this creeps me out!)
Reccomendation:
Read this book after you watch the movie! It is so cool to be able to see the characters as they were in the movie as you're reading epic battles against Trolls, spiders, and the mighty Smaug!
In conclusion, this is one of the books that you need to read before you die, at least once. It's the sort of book you put on your New Year's resolutions for reading, something you put down on your bucketlist. IT IS A MUST-READ!
My favorite part:
" "Good Morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out further than the brim of his shady hat.
"What do you mean?" he said. "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?" "
Well, that's all for this book! I'll see you in the next one!
~Sea-Solo out!
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