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Summary: Adventure, Religion, Friendship, Meaning of Life, & Rabbits!
Review: That's right boys and girls: this is one of the most insightful, thought-provoking adventures in literature to-day. Thru the eyes of the rabbit, we are able to re-evaluate the lives of ourselves as humans and the way in which we choose to live in our world.The story is the adventures of a small group of rabbits forced to leave their comfortably mundane life by the evil human forces that has unfortunately also forced many of us humans to leave our comfortably mundane lives. The rabbits journey through unfamiliar lands, in search of a new home, food, love, and a meaning to their tiny lives, just as all of us do. En route, they are confronted by dangerous farmers, carnivorous predators, and unfriendly rival rabbits. They are also introduced to "bunnies" who are virgin to the ways of the real world, to whom they try to teach the ways of the woods, which every wild rabbit living in the world should know. The characters of the story include those of wit, charm, love, courage, strength, honour, insight, intelligence, humour, and motivation. The brilliant personifications are made that much more enthralling in that they are given all the realistic entrappings of true-to-life rabbits. They rub noses hello; their tails twitch when something bad is approaching, they burrow their homes, they graze on the grass, and they have their own rabbit religion. Perhaps the last is conjectury, but intriguing nonetheless. Yes, the rabbits have their own religion that includes a Jesus rabbit and his disciples. He is the one that so many stories have been told about, since he was the one who was able to connive and manipulate every situation to help his fellow rabbit and always win out against his enemies. Nothing, I can say could further describe the brilliance of Richard Adams' novel and its analogies and insights into the lives of us humans. It is an intricately woven tale, with a creativity which cannot be matched. The only other thing, which i cannot stress enough, is that you read this book. Yes, you can get it from the library, too, but you might as well purchase it, because you will inevitably want to read it again and again, and then give it to your friends to read again and again.
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Summary: A gripper, and a winner.
Review: This is one of those beautiful books that catches your soul and holds it forever. This is my all time favote book in the whole world, and if you enter the magic web of this book, you will never put it down. I've read it more then five times.
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Summary: I love this book!
Review: I really enjoyed this book. It is about a band of rabbits escaping from their old home. The leader of the rabbits is called Hazel. I expecially enjoyed the part when they stole does from Efrafa. Bigwig had to do some serious planning and pretending to be a trustworthy officer in Efrafa. I really like this book. You should buy it, or at least read it. I am only 12 years old but I still love this book.
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Summary: STOP!!! READ ME!!!!
Review: O EMBLEER HRAIR!! I have just read those horrendous reviews you gave this marvelous book! It's not about *bunnies!* These rabbits have emotional qualities just like you (well, maybe not YOU) and me. All Watership Down-haters can go crawl back into that TV-land of yours where nothing is fantastic and marvelous, and you can go chew some hraka! I cried as Hazel was swept away by the Black Rabbit of Inle at the end. Read this book and don't be fooled by saps!
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Summary: THIS IS NOT "THE BUNNY BOOK"
Review: Read this book! It's not just about 'bunnies' or 'talking rabbits,' as some of my friends have so crudely bestowed it as. If rabbits could talk, *this* is what you would hear them say. This is what rabbits actually would and *do* do, and with a touch of personification, Adams does a masterful job! The action, the conflicts, the poetry, all contribute to this beautiful geode hidden beneath that rock of steryotypes. This is a must for ALL bookshelves-- read it and be amazed, read it and weep and the beautiful ending. You will want to read this book again and again!
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Summary: a book that uses youre imagination to the fullest
Review: this book is one of the best ive ever read although it might not appeal to you beacuse its just a bunch of rabbits thats what i thought too its not so this book is a book that forever imprinted the thought of inteligent animals that might not be true they might just be dumb animals but what if.....
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Summary: Not Your Typical Fairy Tale
Review: I was impressed with Richard Adams' writing style moments after picking up the book. His way of writing life into animal characters is simply amazing, especially when you take into account how much he researched rabbits before writing this book. You can feel Hazel's resentment of being chosen leader as he must confront mutiny within his group of rabbits. A simple walk through the forest takes on a different meaning through the eyes of a rabbit. And the sheer inhumanity of man-traps is meticulously detailed and put in to perspective by Adams. This book is not just about a group of rabbits. It is about the sheer will to survive inherent in every animal on earth, including humans. I highly recommend this book to everyone.
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Summary: The best book I ever read
Review: Watership Down was probably the best book I ever read. It was suspenceful and enchanting. It started with two rabbit brothers, Hazel, and Fiver. Fiver was a sort of sphycic who thought their city was doomed. Only hazel and a few others believed him. These rabbits set of to find a new city to live in. They build their own city, and call it Watership Down. They journied to another city to get more rabbits to join their city. Rabbit officers follow them, and a war started. It was really suspencefull while they encouter all sorts of obsticles such as the cat at the farm, or the war between the two cities. I loved the stories they told. They told enchanting stories about gods and princes, heroes and tricksters. I became so attached to the charectors especially Fiver because he is cute and daring. He risked his own life as well as the lifes of the others on his crazy hunch. All around, I loved this book
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Summary: One of the best books I have ever read!!
Review: I first read Watership Down when I was 9 years old. I loved it. My father gave it to me after he read it and he loved it too. The idea of talking rabbits may not seem like a good basis for a novel, but the book Watership Down is truely great.
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Summary: plot & writing style
Review: The book Watership Down by Richard Adams has great description. Although it may not sound that exciting, a bunch of rabbits crossing the countryside, it's an amazing adventure. Think of the Redwall series, now subtract weapons, a castle, medieval time, and just one problem to face. It's Redwall with a twist of reality and nature. For instance, the rabbits can only kick in defense instead of wielding swords and shields. Richard Adams presents lovable/lovable and hateable characters that you're sure to get attached to. The use of difficult plant names will have you stumbling threw the beginning and flipping back to the Lapine Glossary can get strenous, but the strengths far outweigh these weaknesses. The strengths, as you may have guessed, are the description and characters. You may not want to start this book unless you plan to read for a while. I loved the book, through the slow beginning, you'll find a great novel, and an instant classic. If you believe this as well, you'll love the sequel-Tales From Watership Down. The rabbits have to get through a forest, swim a river, and get through a warren full of man-set traps and snares. Sure it is tough going, but they'll get through it, now for the rest of the book,you'll have to find out for yourself!
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