Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams
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Book Reviews of Watership Down: A Novel
Book Review: watership down
Summary: 5 Stars
I read "Watership Down" in 5th grade about 6 months ago for school and it was by far one of the best books I have ever read. One of the reasons I liked the book is because it is fictional but has a non-fictional feeling. It is a great book that keeps you on the edge of your seat. It is a tale about a group of rabbits that leave their home which in the story is called a warren. After they leave they end up having many close encounters and they also meet lots of new rabbits. Some nice and some mean. The rabbits also face various challenges that a rabbit would not normally do. They also meet some old friends and stop at a couple other new warrens. Sometimes the rabbits talk in their own language, which is called Lapine. The book has translations for all of it though. There is lots and lots of detail in the book. Sometimes that is good, but sometimes not so much, because sometimes it can get a little bit overwhelming. Overall "Watership Down" is a great book. I highly recommend it if you want a fictional book with a non-fictional feel.
Book Review: One of my favorite books
Summary: 5 Stars
Watership Down was the first "big" book I ever read. The synopsis on the cover was intriguing and the story was engrossing. I found myself drawn in to the life of a group of rabbits who experienced all manner of danger and adventure after their brave departure from a comfortable rabbit warren. I remember feeling a sense of loss after the story came to a close and I could no longer read the further experiences of the rabbits --beings who I felt I had come to know as well as siblings. The descriptions of rabbit behavior (and other animals) on the beautiful English countryside setting were realistic and simple at the same time. I often recalled fondly the copy I'd found at the library as a child and imagined that I'd read it to my children in later years. After reading the Harry Potter series to my children, they asked what we could read now that it had ended. I immediately thought about Watership Down. I searched for and purchased it online twenty + years after first reading it and have now been able to share this wonderful story with my children.Book Review: This is a wonderful book
Summary: 5 Stars
I was very disapionted to read all the negative views about this book. This is a wonderful read. One of those rare books that you will pick up, reread again, and find something new in it you didn't notice the first time. This is also based on how wild rabbits behave in the wild. So yes, it would be natural for the male bunnies to view females as 'breeding stock.' However, if you do read into what the bucks are saying about the females, esp the hutch rabbits, they do show some general concern for their welfare. They are just not a romantic species. Believe you, i breed rabbits, and that point is very true. Boy bunnies generally do not care about the females unless they can mate wth them. They do not give a flip about female rights.
I highly recommend reading it. This is beautfully written book. The portrayal of the countryside the rabbits wander thoughis excellent. They have adventures one right after th eother that makes you want to skip ahead a few pages to see if they will be OK.
Book Review: Wonderful Story
Summary: 5 Stars
Watership Down is a wonderful story for kids and adults alike. Richard Adams tells the adventures of a group of rabbits forced to leave their home and strike out into unknown lands to build a new warren. The story is told from the perspective of the rabbits, each of whom has a personality all their own, with strengths and weaknesses. We're introduced to the rabbits' language, customs and culture, and we get to hear some of their own legends of mythical heroes throughout the book. Adams does a great job of writing from an animal point of view, where man-made things are strange and mysterious, surroundings are explored from the ground with sight and smell, and we feel the rabbits' fear of larger animals and "elil" (rabbit predators).
The story itself has a good rhythm, alternating fast paced action with slow paced descriptions, with an exciting ending and an epilogue that brings the tale to a satisfying close but leaves you wanting more.
Highly recommended.
Book Review: Perfect Animal Fantasy
Summary: 5 Stars
I picked up this book after finishing Tolkien in a state of looking for something to read. None of the trite fantasies available at the time would do, and I was skeptical when my father recommended a book about rabbits, but I was not let down. Watership Down is an incredible piece of literature that will have you staying up until dawn, no matter what your age. The odyssey of the main characters is a fascinating journey with a rabbit's idea of utopia at the end, kept alive with brilliant animorphing of hares and other creatures along the way. Excellent beckground, personification, and storytelling make this title shine. And unlike many modern YA and fantasy writers, Adams knew when to stop. Too much of a good thing can be the death knoll to an author's work. The lack of a sequel does not stop readers from looking back on this work throughout their lives, and most will probably read it several times through.
J. Lyon Layden
The Other Side of Yore