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 Originally Posted by wufwugy
I read Hobbit twice and hated it both times, partly because I felt no affinity to any of the dwarves. I think I'll try the movie though
I've read the Hobbit now several times. I'm on the second time through reading it out loud (two kid #2). I would agree it's difficult to draw affinity to the dwarves. There are too many to create characters for each, and they only ones you really get to know are the fat one and Fili, one of the younger ones, none of the others really do jack shit. It's very reminiscent of the movie 13th Warrior, where you have this pack of supposed bad asses, but you never learn shit about any of them.
That said, I think there is a lot that I enjoy about the book. My favorite aspect is the play on classic "good" and "evil". It's refreshing to read something where you like... GO DWARVES!! And then... HEY fuck you dwarves... and then... Bilbo!? That's kind of a cunt thing to do, to take the MOST valuable thing, etc. All the other books tend to black-and-white things
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