How good is The Hobbit in comparison to the Lord of the Rings trilogy? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

12-11-2009, 04:01 AM

Hey
I wanted to read the trilogy, but my family already had the Hobbit, so I'm reading it first to see if I like it. I'm still at the beginning but it's a bit tedious. Is the trilogy a lot better than the Hobbit? Should I just be patient because The Hobbit gets better? Anything else I should know about reading these books?

skip spence · 12-11-2009, 04:21 AM

The Hobbit is only half as good as the Lord Of The Rings; but the trilogy is trice as good as the Silmarillion which in turn is twice as good as Farmer Giles making this book six times worse than the trilogy but still twice as good as Eragon.

Does that answer your question?

Edit: Seriously though, The Hobbit is written as a children's fairy tale story, with some grown up material thrown into the mix. The Lord Of The Ring -trilogy is a novel written with adults in mind, with a more serious subject matter and style. The trilogy is certainly more popular but some people still prefer The Hobbit. What makes you think the beginning of the Hobbit is tedious?

Mugwump · 12-11-2009, 08:16 AM

The Hobbit is trivial compared to The Lord of the Rings. As Skip says, it was written as a children's story and the style is completely different from Tolkien's other works. I didn't much care for The Hobbit, but I loved The Lord of the Rings.

But my favorite is still The Silmarillion!

Morsul the Dark · 12-11-2009, 08:49 AM

Disagree I've reread the Hobbit so many times I've read through LOTR once and attempted to muscle my way through again a few times generally getting stuck in TTT... LOTR as good as it is is longwinded like Stephen King descriptions are too long... the pacing seems slow... the hobbit is more snap-snap-snap kind of pace where as LOTR is snap......snap...........snap

R. · 12-13-2009, 04:52 AM

I don't think The Hobbit is trivial just different. If you find The Hobbit tedious i don't imagine you'll read the LOTR it's very long and descriptive. Basically what everybody else says.

sassyfriend · 09-29-2011, 03:58 PM

The hobbit gets better

12-11-2009, 04:01 AM	#1
micklejohn Guest Posts: n/a	How good is The Hobbit in comparison to the Lord of the Rings trilogy? Hey I wanted to read the trilogy, but my family already had the Hobbit, so I'm reading it first to see if I like it. I'm still at the beginning but it's a bit tedious. Is the trilogy a lot better than the Hobbit? Should I just be patient because The Hobbit gets better? Anything else I should know about reading these books?

12-11-2009, 04:21 AM	#2
skip spence shadow of a doubt Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the streets Posts: 1,125	The Hobbit is only half as good as the Lord Of The Rings; but the trilogy is trice as good as the Silmarillion which in turn is twice as good as Farmer Giles making this book six times worse than the trilogy but still twice as good as Eragon. Does that answer your question? Edit: Seriously though, The Hobbit is written as a children's fairy tale story, with some grown up material thrown into the mix. The Lord Of The Ring -trilogy is a novel written with adults in mind, with a more serious subject matter and style. The trilogy is certainly more popular but some people still prefer The Hobbit. What makes you think the beginning of the Hobbit is tedious? __________________ "You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way" ~ Bob Dylan Last edited by skip spence; 12-11-2009 at 05:33 AM.

12-11-2009, 08:49 AM	#4
Morsul the Dark Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,448	Disagree I've reread the Hobbit so many times I've read through LOTR once and attempted to muscle my way through again a few times generally getting stuck in TTT... LOTR as good as it is is longwinded like Stephen King descriptions are too long... the pacing seems slow... the hobbit is more snap-snap-snap kind of pace where as LOTR is snap......snap...........snap __________________ Morsul the Resurrected

12-13-2009, 04:52 AM	#5
R. Animated Skeleton Join Date: May 2008 Location: In the belly of the beast Posts: 26	I don't think The Hobbit is trivial just different. If you find The Hobbit tedious i don't imagine you'll read the LOTR it's very long and descriptive. Basically what everybody else says. __________________ In The Belly Of The BEAST

12-11-2009, 08:16 AM	#3
Mugwump Wight Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Taconic Mountains Posts: 111	The Hobbit is trivial compared to The Lord of the Rings. As Skip says, it was written as a children's story and the style is completely different from Tolkien's other works. I didn't much care for The Hobbit, but I loved The Lord of the Rings. But my favorite is still The Silmarillion!

09-29-2011, 03:58 PM	#6
sassyfriend Wight Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 165	The hobbit gets better