The Hobbit

I confess, I was captivated by the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit - the movies. Then I wanted to read the books and I just received The Hobbit this Christmas. It's because of my poor imagination or maybe my age (36), but I did not find the book as fabulous as the movies were. The story and descriptions did not apeal my emotions and fibers as did the movie. Maybe it was a mistake to see the movie first.

Nevertheless it's a good plot, it starts quite intriguing with all those foreign dwarves and Gandalf entering Bilbo's house. The story brings fantastic creatures, mithical characters, epic battles between good people and bad creatures. It talks about courage, friendship, loyalty, heroism, but also about greed.

Althout Tolkien wrote this book for his children, I think he had in mind other stories, this is why some characters or battles are only mentioned but not described. Good for us, among other writings, he wrote the sequel Lord of the Rings.