R’s Reviews > The Hobbit, or There and Back Again > Status Update

It's a good bit of fun, so far. The prose is fine. Nothing spectacular, but not as dry as I thought it'd be. I had a whale of a time reading the Troll's dialogue in a disgustingly heavy cockney accent, and I also appreciate the sense of history Tolkien is imparting. Elrond is old - he was there 'before History', with the 'first men in the North'. We pass ancient ruins built by 'wicked people'. It's all pretty cool.