The Hobbit (Lord of the Rings) (Pre-Lord of the Rings)

by J. R. R. Tolkien

[chillywilly]

I understand now why so many people love this book and this author. Wish I had read it years ago. It starts off kind of slow, but gradually stays at a steady pace throughout the book. I watched the movies toward the end before finishing the book and the movies I feel for the most part sticks to the main points of the book. Yes there is more fighting in the movie, but the book depends more on wits, Bilbo's wits. I feel the book portrays the dwarfs as more of a cautious people and not willing to do more than they feel necessary than the movie. The movie shows them more boisterous and courageous. The movie also ties in things from I believe the Lord of the Rings and perhaps other books. Sometimes the author goes off on another storyline, sort of like a scatterbrained individual. Something a normal person would do if they had thought of something they had forgotten and wanted to remember before going back to the main storyline. Can't wait to read the rest of books.