Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams
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Book Summary Author: Richard Adams Brand: Simon & Schuster Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2005-11-01 ISBN: 0743277708 Number of pages: 476 Publisher: Scribner Product features:
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Book Reviews of the Watership Down: A Novel
Customer Review: Warning, there are no girl bunnies in this book!
Summary: 1 Stars
We are reading this book together as a family. My husband reads aloud, the kids listen, and I struggle not to leave the room. My 9-yr old daughter has repeatedly asked: "why are all the rabbits boys? Are there going to be any girls soon?" Yeah... This is a fantasy, so one imagines the author had a fair amount of room to add talking rabbit females to the plot -- if he wanted to. But for most of the book the female rabbits are relegated to anonymous "doe" status, as in "the does are raising the young and if they get nervous, they might not give birth to as many young." The male characters are developed in much detail. At this point in the book, the protagonist rabbits are getting ready to wage war with a rival tribe, which includes "taking their does." In other word, "to rape and pillage." Wonderful! In general, I see very little merit to this book. It is rather protactracted and dull, as other readers have noted, and I don't like the message it is sending to my kids, girl or boys. We will finish the book, as a matter or principle, but I can't wait. In my opinion, a piece of "hraka."