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Summary: Great!
Review: The reason I got to read this book was on the back of a copy of Redwall by Brian Jacques(I'm a big Redwall fan), I saw the name of this book so I bought and read it. I thought it was great! It's about this group of rabbits that are leaving their large, comfy warren because one of them predicts that something terrible will happen...It's full of adventure and very absorbing. And again, it's a GREAT STORY!
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Summary: charming and uplifting
Review: this book has a sort of hobbit appeal. you get to know the rabbits and love them in a very personal way. you feel like you can understand the meaning in their lives. hazel is such an admirable and lovable hero. the book transports and makes your heart soar.
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Summary: A fascinating and complex book
Review: Watership Down by Richard Adams is a fascinating and complex book. It is full of hidden messages about society and how we live our lives. Being told from the prospective of rabbits softens the hard lessons and dramatic images of society. This book is a philosophical book that reads like a story. The distinct characters that are developed give this profound piece of writing the edge of a fantasy. You feel as if you are there, living through the eyes of Hazel, the lead rabbit. You see the different warrens, and you see the rabbits of each different community. As you read on, you are drawn into the lives of these rabbits as they search for a new burrow because their old one was destroyed by humans. You encounter many different ways of life, and you feel the tension of every dramatic encounter. You learn about different religions, governments, economies, education, and family. Each society of rabbits that you meet in this book is very different, each one mimicking different nations. Even with the great story the best part of the book comes when you finely start picking up on the fact that this book can be directly related to how we live our lives. This book will fast find its way to your heart, and the wonderful characters will make it stay. This book is best if you have a fascination with culture. However, you can enjoy it even if you couldn't care less about how society works. Zap 14 years old
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Summary: This book is DEEP!
Review: Hmmm...I think this book rating system is broken. It only lets me go up to 5 stars...hehe. It's that good. Right now I'm 16 years old, but when I was a 10th grader in High School, I read this book. But unlike many others, I didn't read it because I had to. In fact, it's not even required for reading at my High School. So why did I read it? Pretty much because I was bored and someone recommended it to me...and the fact that I had to find a book to read for a book report. I couldn't think of any novel I wanted to read at the time, but then I remembered being recommended to this book. I went to my local Boarders store and picked it up...but they only had the hardback copy...but I thought 'what the heck' and bought it for an extra 20 bucks. I'm just weird that way. By the time I finished the book, I could pretty much speak lampine fluently (rabbit language). The rabbit language really adds to the tone of everything. Instead of swearing their furry heads off, they would use words like "hraka", "embleer" and most of all "Frith." Everthing about it was...just...brilliant! This Adams guy had such an imagination way back when. Unfortunately, this book was one of those books that you can't really describe without alienating people. "Oh, you've got to read this book about intelligent talking rabbits! It's weird but cool!" See what I mean? They'll look at you funny and think you're joking. Watership Down makes you want to BE the characters. In a way connect with them, or follow them where they go, but only through the eyes of your own imagination. When you read this book, you can't be thinking "Man, I can't believe I have to read this huge book by the end of the month." Doing so destroys the whole intensity of each situation given. Honestly, I thought the entire book was great, but if you are one of those people who want to know when the true action begins, think to yourself, "I can make it to Part 3." This doesn't mean skip to part three, because you'll be beyond confused. Read the whole book, you WILL love it. Anyone who thinks this book is stupid is probably no smarter themselves, so take my advise and no one elses. One more thing, if you have not yet seen the movie, DON'T WATCH IT!!! Wait until you finish the book and get a picture of what you think each character would look like. When you watch the movie you'll be surprised. *sigh* I just know I'm not mentioning all the great points of the book...So just buy this book, read it, love and cherish it, and recommend it to everyone without using the word "rabbit" or "bunny"! Good luck!
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Summary: Not what they all say....
Review: As everyone else, I had to read it in 8th grade English. Actually it was a choice between two books. We got both and were able to chose which one. I was trying to be optomistic about it, so I read about half the book, and almost died. It was boring, then boring, then boring, then boring...never stopped. I picked up the other book and read it right through. It's a book trying to teach a lesson with a bunch of rabbits....not my cup of tea!
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Summary: A remarkable tale
Review: The book is not about rabbits like you may think. It is a tale of exile and survival. It is a novel of adventurous rabbits that have to desert their home and venture forth to find a new home. One glorious adventure one afeter an other. Once you start to read it you won't want to put it down. It is a good book for all ages.
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Summary: My Champion Book Still
Review: Superb! What more can I say? Adams has proved again and again to be a master of storytelling and myth weaving. This book remains my all time favorite. Watership Down's rabbit society alows us to see the world through a lense tinted in far different shade than we see in our ordinary lives. The characters face and overcome obstacles that face us every day. Strength to defy convention, out-doing brawn with brains, and many others. And it is all depicted on the intruiging background of the rabbits who, in this book at least, have their own government, own language, own religion. I beseech everyone to treat themselves to this masterful creation, which still remains my Champion Book.
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Summary: Just a bunch of talking rabbits? Yeah right!
Review: "Oh great, a book about rabbts," is the first thing I thought when my 9th grade English teacher handed this book out last year. Even after reading the first couple chapters, I wasn't convinced the novel would interest me- but it turned out to be one of my favorites. As a group of rabbits travels through a forest to seek a new warren, at the deranged advice of one of the younger rabbits, Fiver, Richard Adams explores some of the world's political systems at the time in the different warrens. Some of the lovable characters they meet along the way, such as Kehaar, a Black-headed Gull, keep humor in the sometimes dark novel. You'll most likely have to read this book in school, but if you never had to, I really recommend you buy it. It sure ain't just a bunch of rabbits to this Texan!
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Summary: I was writing better when I was five.
Review: Why is everyone so obsessed with this book? Let's see, it's nearly five hundred pages and covers the quest of - I lost count- some rabbits hoping to establish a new warren. Okay, sounds bearable, right? It takes 120 pages just to get to that point. They go through all these trials and tribulations while setting up and getting situated, on and on and on. By the time I reached the end, (it took some serious self-motivation,) I felt confused. After all the hype, all the wonderful things everyone says, this book is a sham. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone unless they had read every other book in the world and were desperate for reading material. (like me) This is the most dissappointing book I think I've ever read.
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Summary: A Modern Masterpiece
Review: When people ask me to describe "Watership Down" I inevitably say that it is a book about rabbits. More than that I cannot say without waxing long (which I can do in a review). Watership Down is a wonderful story on so many levels. There is an exodus and harsh journey, the dream of a good home and good life, the philosophical question of safety and long life vs. an exciting life and so many other things. The rabbits in this story are alien enough to be rabbits but the reader can still associate with them. We care about Fiver, Bigwig and Hazel as they go through their lives, which are so different than ours but still make sense. Their quest is for the same things that humans want - happiness. This novel is fantastic because it takes us to a different view of our world. It paints a portrait of animals weaving tales (the legends of El-Hariarah are one of the best parts of the novel). The dialogue and description are both fast paced, as is the action. Overall this is one of the most enjoyable books I have ever read and will remain Richard Adams masterwork! As an end note, I cannot recommend any of Richard Adams other novels. Shardik was decent but the rest IMHO were endeavouring too much to make a point, haranguing on his own political crusade.
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