by The WandererAuthor: J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Genre: Middle Grade, Epic Fantasy
Series: Lord of the Rings Prequel
Pages: 310
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Why even bother writing a review for a book like the Hobbit? Its reputation as a classic is set in stone, and its author, J.R.R. Tolkien, is now considered to be the father of modern fantasy, which is due in large part to this book. The only answer that came to my mind was, why not?
Before there was The Lord of the Rings, readers were introduced to The Hobbit, a story about an unseemly and simple creature that becomes a great hero. In a lot of regards The Hobbit is a children’s story with adult values. But it’s so much more; it’s the introduction to a beautifully real world called Middle Earth which is brought to life through Tolkien’s descriptive prose, and his detailed histories of the land’s different cultures and people.
Published over a decade before The Lord of the Rings, this is truly the book that started it all. Although not everything about The Hobbit is perfect, overall the story has aged well. Due to its immeasurable contributions to the genre this is a book that cannot be scored anything less than perfect.
