The hobbit to me is the story of an unlikely hero. Tolken writes about this little dwarf like creature (though is not actually a dwarf) that despite his small stature, goes on his way to an unlikely adventure where one might not think he would survive.
He was pulled away from his home, 'The Shire' by Gandalf, which to me was an interesting way to start the story off. The unlikely hero who by nature is sort of lazy and prefers to spend his time at home and not do anything particularly dangerous is torn away from comfort to go on an adventure in the mountains.
It seemed that though all of the dangers that Bilbo, Gandalf and and the dwarves go on, Gandalf saves them from potential doom. Up until the point where Bilbo finds the ring.
To me, this whole concept of finding this ring is somewhat overshadowed by the heavy plot of the story. it's probably because I know of the coming sequels (and have seen the movies) that it felt to me that the part of the book with the ring is sort of undermined by the rest of the plot. The ring that gives invisibility isn't a big part of this story but it still feels as though there is more to it.
The thing about stories like this, the "epic Adventure" is that you (or at least I do) want the main character, the "adventurer" to return home, and return home a better or at least more experienced person. I feel like this happened to bilbo which is what makes the story satisfying for me at least. 
That or the entire story is one little hobbits crazy salvia hallucination.
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