The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The book I read this six weeks is called The Hobbit. It is written by J.R.R. Tolkien and it is the prequel to The Lord of the Rings series. It is a fantasy book set in Middle Earth, a fictional world that consists of many races such as Humans, Elves, Orcs, Dwarves, Hobbits, Ents, Goblins, and many more. The plot is that the Dwarves want to take back their long lost home in the Lonely Mountain, which was taken by a dragon names Smaug. Gandalf, a wizard helps them along their way and sets Bilbo on his path to steal the Dwarvish stone of kingship, the Arkenstone, to the rightful ruler of the mountain, Thorin Oakensheild.
The Hobbit is a third person book that shows the main character, Bilbo's thoughts but tells it from a narrator's perspective. The intended audience for this book is about 10-13 years of age. It is a fantasy book, which is good for me because it is my favorite genre of books. The author keeps my interested in the book by using lots of interesting words and by making the story an adventure after adventure. Rarely is there a part where they book it boring, and when there is, it isn't too long. J.R.R. Tolkien's style of writing is very effective because it hooks the readers attention on about what will happen next. This is very effective when you are trying to get someone to read your book.
The book affected me in a positive way. It is always nice to read a good book about someone or something overcoming a challenge. It changed some ideas I had about how ell the world treats other races today. In the world of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, Middle Earth not all of the races get along nicely, some even, are at war. But when they are faced with a pressing matter, they all band together, which I wish could be said about our world. Because sooner or later, there is going to be a task that the whole world is going to have to team up on, whether it is defending ourselves from an alien race, or stopping an astriod from hitting the Earth, I don't know if we would al band together, or if the world would just be split up, like another world war. This book brought up lots of memories about reading The Lord of the Rings trilogy and watching the movies.
I think that this book was very well written and I would love to read it again. It goes along so well with the other books around the world of Middle Earth and it really puts the cherry on top of the series. It is a great prequel and I would recomend it for kids 8 and up.
Ben Dworin
12/18/13
RATING: ***** 5/5
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