Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Watership Down: A Novel
Book Review: A Timeless Classic (along with The Plague Dogs)
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an amazing book about animals, about humanity, about culture, about the natural world, about social integration, and most of all, about characters. Characters we are able to identify with, throughout the course of their many adventures, trials and hardships, through to the stunningly emotional, triumphant climax.I read between 30 and 40 books a year, and Ive written a few myself. You'll be hard pushed to find one better than this.
Book Review: WOW
Summary: 5 Stars
As it says above, WOW! This is a remarkable, incredible, excellant, unique, marvelous novel about a band of rabbits who search for a new home, even though some bucks believe they'll never make it. But before long a new shadow falls upon the little group and they find themselves fighting for their lives. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I've read it 7 times and am reading it again now. My favourite character is Hazel, the possible Chief Rabbit of the group.Book Review: Exceptional
Summary: 5 Stars
This is billed as a book for children, and it is, but I also enjoyed it immensely when I re-read it (I'm in my 20's).Richard Adam's does any amazing job with this book of both accurately depiciting rabbit behaviour and at the same time adding a rich and well-thought out mythology to the rabbits that fits in with their behaviour. All this serves to bring the characters he writes about to life.
Having such feeling for his characters really makes you invest in them throughout the book and you get sucked into their world. This makes all the trials they go through all the more tense for the reader because this book is a fantastic adventure story.
It has a terrifying villan in the shape of General Woundwort and two (or three) spectacular heroes in the shape of Hazel and Bigwig. They show bravery and courage in spades to fight against the General and there are two sequences in particular (the escape and the final showdown) where you will not be able to put the book down. The ending is also fantastic.
This is one childhood book that I have been happy to display on my book shelves along with all my history and literature because it is a masterpiece of story-telling, at times uplifting, scary, and heartbreaking.
Book Review: If I could give 6 stars I would
Summary: 5 Stars
Quite fantastic. A gripping story with wonderful characters and beautiful descriptions. The book works works on many levels and as suitable for all from young children to the most jaded adult. A masterpiece.Book Review: absolute classic, must-read
Summary: 5 Stars
highly recommended, i think this is one of the greatest classics of the modern age, Richard Adams is top-tier, creme-de-la-creme. good writing, solid characters, touching moments ... excellent book for kids and adults alike.