Book #26

[katikat]

Let's not even talk about book #25. What a waste of paper.

Now #26...

"The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Middle-Earth Universe)" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Not a bad book per se but nothing spectacular either. I think the movie featuring Martin Freeman as Bilbo will be much, much better, to be honest.

I liked Bilbo, he was quite a lovable character, especially in the second half of the book, once he stopped complaining about wanting to be home and not there, on the road, that is. The rest of the characters though... I actually quite disliked the dwarves. Sure, as a comic relief? Fine. But I just didn't feel any real camaraderie between them and Bilbo for most of the book. The dwarves either complained or whined or cowered and sent Bilbo into danger or made everything that went wrong his fault. And then there was their blinding greed...

So yeah, maybe if I had read it as a kid, I would've loved it. As it is, I'm looking forward to Peter Jackson'a adaptation much, much more.

Comments

[keire_ke]

I wasn't terribly impressed with the Hobbit, either. The dwarves were annoying and Gandalf was a smug bastard.

Now I'm curious, what was book #25? If only so that I might avoid it?

[katikat]

Exactly. I really don't understand why he forced Bilbo to join the dwarves in the first place...

Oh, book #25 was "Sherlock Holmes na cestách" from a Czech author, don't worry, you won't stumble across it :P It was so full of grammar and spelling mistakes that I just couldn't take it and dropped it two short stories in.