The story follows the life of the most important hobbit in the Shire (the living area of the hobbits - also known as Hobbiton), his name is Bilbo Baggins. He is disrupted one evening by 12 dwarves and a famous wizard - Gandalf. They all are charged with a mission to recover the stolen treasure from a Dragon called Smaug.
It is an eventful and captivating story when they are captured by Goblin's in the tunnels of the Misty Mountains, Bilbo has a nasty encounter with Gollum where Bilbo changes the story completely, they are almost roasted by Goblin fires and Wargs. They are rescued by Eagles and meet a friendly giant who can transform into other animals and things and is extremely good at taming animals. They are put on their way and meet Mirkwood but the Dwarves and Bilbo are given a nasty shock at the edge of Mirkwood. They almost starve through the wood and are locked up by Elves but escape to the smart thinking of Bilbo and are washed up at the Woodmen of the Long Lake. Thorin (one of the dwarves and was once heir to this land) bcomes King of the Long Lake while they are resting there. After a few days they begin their journey to the Desolation of Smaug which has been in their sights from the Long Lake.
There is a massive battle called the Battle of the Five Armies - the goblins and Wargs against the woodmen, elves, Gandalf and the dwarves, and Bilbo and his companions take lots of the treasure but many of them die.
This book was very good. I would rate it 8.5/10.
J.F
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