J. R. R. Tolkien
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Yes, as many years as I have been reading, and considering the amount I read, it's amazing to think I've never read The Hobbit before. Well, that's not 100% true. When I was a child I read about half of it. But this is the first time I've read it all the way through.
The Hobbit sees Bilbo Baggins and 13 dwarves on an adventure to find the treasure protected by a great dragon; Smaug. Guided most of the way by a wizard named Gandalf, join them in their adventures with goblins, elves, trolls and many more creatures they meet along the way!
Before reading The Hobbit properly, I had heard a lot about Tolkien's style of writing. Mainly that everything was described in such detail that it became boring. I didn't find that with The Hobbit, it was definitely not as long winded as I thought it would be. I felt it was very easy to follow, as if someone was actually reading the story aloud to me while I was reading it.
The dwarves are very musical, and seem to have a song about everything! I find it difficult to imagine what the songs sound like (which is weird because I'm quite musical) so I tend to just read them as poems. I very much enjoyed the riddles, though some of them were quite tricky! I had to restrain myself from peeking at the answers until I thought I had it or I gave up!
After reading this I can see where Terry Pratchett got some inspiration for Guards! Guards! For example, having a dragon as kind, and only having one arrow left to kill the dragon. Obviously Pratchett has a more comical take on things, but the similarities are there.
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." - Thorin, king of the dwarves.
The story of The Hobbit is set over a year, which just goes to show, a lot can happen in one year!
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The Wee Librocubicularist
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