This style of writing is definitely not for me!!! It’s a boring rambling mess!!

This was the first series that I had ever completed. I was forced to read the hobbit for college prep English in 9th grade. Up until that point reading was not an important activity in my life. I found the characters and story line so compelling it forever changed how I viewed books. I went on to read the rest of the series and soon became an addict to the whole fantasy novel genre.

Even though thru the years I have found far better fantasy novels than this one I would still recommend this to anyone wishing to escape for a little while.

Over all a pretty good read. I wouldn’t include it in the top 100 books i’ve ever read. I think the story ran a little slow and the characters for the most part seemed to lack many angles to their personality, probably because of the times they lived in. Which leads me to the one reason I did like the book. The abilty to see the social constrictions that people of that day had to live within was quite interesting.