The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Rob Inglis Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Hobbit
Book Review: Lovely storytelling
Summary: 5 Stars
Rob Inglis has quite a talent: wonderful voices, and fluid, easy to follow storytelling. I would recommend this audio book with two thumbs up.Book Review: Makes a long car trip bearable
Summary: 5 Stars
The Hobbit is a book that can be re-read multiple times, like any good classic. That's why it's worth the investment to get the CD and enjoy the story again and again while traveling in your car. I find driving long distances boring, but listening to a good book makes the time pass quickly. This edition is the entire book, unabridged. You already like the story, so you just want to know if it is well-read. The answer is that Rob Inglis does a superb job of reading the story, just as you might read it to your kids. He is easy to understand and varies his voice to represent the characters. More importantly, he makes the characters sound much like I had already imagined them.Book Review: Nearly as good as reading
Summary: 5 Stars
Mr. Inglis does an excellent job narrating The Hobbit. His different voices for each character adds a little extra to this timeless story. I consider myself a veteran reader of The Hobbit, The Silmarillion along with the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I cannot count the times I have read all the books. I started reading them back in the 70s long before the resent popularity push. The story is a great escape from my stressful life style. This rendition is no different. The only drawback I have to listening to an audiobook is my concentration level. If I play the CDs while roaming the web or doing other work, I loose a lot of the story. There is nothing better than settling down with a good book, but I guess someone else reading it to you comes in a close second. This audiobook is one that should be used as a bedtime story for the young'ns. That is why Mr. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit, and here is your chance to be a hero for once.Book Review: Nice one
Summary: 4 Stars
This book captures the mind of the reader with it's different world, characters, and it's own language which make up the world known as Middle Earth. I highly reccomend this book to anyone who is deciding to read it. This world consists of hobbits, wizards, dwarves, elves, men, orks, and many other creatures that could only exist in Middle Earth. This makes it a great fairy tale.Book Review: Not a good book for video game addicts
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a wonderful book full of rich characters set in a time and place that never existed...or did it? The characters in it are so real with good and bad traits that we can all identify with. There's always an air of mystery, of something that is just beyond our sight and more than it appears. I don't rate this as highly as The Lord of the Rings trilogy because it's written to a younger audience. But it is still a wonderful tale told well that anyone can read. I just prefer the depth of the other set.
All of the bad reviews I've read of this book have been from video game players who have the attention span of a memory chip. Wake up, o sleeper and partake of a real adventure!