The Hobbit - Book 1937

Title: The Hobbit
Author: J.R.R Tolkien
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 8.5/10

Written by the famous J.R.R Tolkien, This book is the prequel to the Lord of The Rings series.
Set when the Dwarven stronghold of Erebor is conquered by the dragon Smaug the Terrible. The surviving Dwarves become homeless with nowhere else to go.
Gandalf the Grey brings together a team of dwarves to liberate Erebor by slaying Smaug. The ragtag band includes Thorin Oakenshield the King of Erebor, Oin, Gloin, Balin, Dwalin, Ori, Nori, Dori, Fili and Kili.
Gandalf also tricks a very docile hobbit by the name of Bilbo Baggins into coming with them on this suicide mission.
Written in a very puerile fashion it succeeds in grasping undivided attention through it's extremely interesting plot line and witty humour. It also succeeds in explaining how Bilbo Baggins came by the One Ring.
It explores more of the fictional land of Middle-Earth and gives us a much better insight of the land. As The Lord of the Rings explores west, This book takes us north to The Misty Mountains, Mirkwood, Erebor and Dale.
Even the movie adaptations of this book are extremely good though unnecessarily long.
J.R.R Tolkien blows everyones' minds in the end when he shows a battle involving five armies, Dwarves, Elves, Men, Eagles and Orcs.
This book is very suitable for new readers as it is short and will keep readers interested until the very end. A must read for those who have read Lord of The Rings or other fantasy novels.

REVIEWED BY:
Yasir Zafar
First of His Name