Took me a while to read but man was this good. The Hobbit is so much fun and so charming, the way Tolkien writes is so interesting and I am really looking forward to trying to read The Lord of the Rings trilogy soon. Nothing really beats a solid adventure story and this takes the cake. The world is so lived in and as everyone knows the lore runs deep. I was not prepared for how sad the end of this story would make me but I loved that about it. You really just fall in love with the characters and it is awesome. I don't think there is much I can say that hasn't been said a billion times. I mean it's the Hobbit. I wish I would have read this when I was younger. Would have wired my brain in a crazy way I feel like. Anyways, I really liked it.
This was such a good book. It really blew me away that this was Stephen Kings first book because the way he writes is so confident. Really just fun to read. Carrie is the first Stephen King book that I have read and holy cow was it a trip. I am a big movie watcher and Carrie is one of my all time favorites so it was really cool to get such a larger slice of the story. It goes without saying that the story is so much more in depth and that makes all of the beats you are familiar with payoff so much more. Outside of the iconic moments the stuff I wasn't aware of really stuck with me. All the backgrounds of characters and all the little moments just makes everything hit so hard and it is incredible. Also the way King references media inside his worlds is just so cool, like newspapers and court cases and such. Loved that. I cannot recommend this book enough and it has officially sent my down the Stephen King rabbit hole.