This is a completely different book than what all the other reviewer's pictures showed. The pictures are great and all, but this isn't The Hobbit with a handful of pretty illustrations. This is a full-on graphic novel. I have no problem with graphic novels, but 1). I don't know how true to the plot the book is. In only 135 pages, I have little doubt significant chunks of the book were removed. 2) There are still relatively large chunks of text, which make the writing somewhat hard to see/read even though the book is oversized (roughly 8" x 10") 3). Finally, it's not written in a way condusive to reading out loud, which is what I purchased it for.

I may be biased because I grew up on the classic, but I will definitely be purchasing the REAL version. All the same, my 9 year old still seems to be enjoying it, so I'll probably end up keeping it anyway.
This is a completely different book than what all the other reviewer's pictures showed. The pictures are great and all, but this isn't The Hobbit with a handful of pretty illustrations. This is a full-on graphic novel. I have no problem with graphic novels, but 1). I don't know how true to the plot the book is. In only 135 pages, I have little doubt significant chunks of the book were removed. 2) There are still relatively large chunks of text, which make the writing somewhat hard to see/read even though the book is oversized (roughly 8" x 10") 3). Finally, it's not written in a way condusive to reading out loud, which is what I purchased it for. I may be biased because I grew up on the classic, but I will definitely be purchasing the REAL version. All the same, my 9 year old still seems to be enjoying it, so I'll probably end up keeping it anyway.