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Summary: Best Book I've ever read --- and I dont even like to read!
Review: i will keep this short. I am a 16 year old senior in high school and read this last year. I had to read it for my english class and thought i was going to be bored to death with the story of rabbits. I am the person that dislikes reading and never finishes the whole book. Well to my amazement i was really glad that i read it. Watership down is one of the very few books that i have completly finished. Im not going to tell you the actual plot because i want you to read it and be surprised at how great it is. I guarentee you that you will love it.
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Summary: Watership Down....Story Or Something More?
Review: This is all and all a great book. The story of young rabbits who decide to break off their normal life to journey. The book includes delightful characters like Hazel, a natural born leader and Pipkin, a small and unsure warrior to be. You can read it as a story or something more, a human comparison of hardships and the fighting chance to survive against the world. I gave it 5 stars and i wish i could give it 10.
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Summary: Watership Down is fun for all ages
Review: I choose Watership Down for a book report because I like animals, little did I know this enchanting tale would soon capture my heart. This book is good for all ages because on the inside it is a fun story about rabbits, but on the outside this book descibes how people treat each other and shows a deep understanding of how much pain everyone goes though as their life goes on. Watershp Down is my favorite book because there is so much going on you can;t put the book down.
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Summary: My Opinion on Watership Down
Review: I have started reading this book about two weeks ago. I am not done, but for the first time have I ever laid eyes on a book so full of adventure and character. This book is very intresting and has alot of my vocabulary words which really gets me thinking . Watership Down is the first book that really gets me focused. I love it and wish to read more of Richard Adam's books.
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Summary: Don't be put off.....
Review: Don't be put off by bad reviews, it only shows that some people have no culture. It is perfectly alright to like this book, because even if it is about rabbits, it has a dark side to the story. The idea of talking rabbits is fictuous, but the rest is fact. I have read THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE RABBITS and it actually states that rabbits do have their own 'language' which they speak through breathing patterns and stamping. DON'T BE PUT OFF BY CULTURELESS PEOPLE!
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Summary: This book glows with excellency.
Review: I came upon this book after reading several Redwall series books. Many reviews in the Redwall series books talked of a book that the series was like; Watership Down. Looking for a good read, I bought the book and started it at the end of the summer and finished it 1 month and a half after school started.It was fantastic! I loved every word. The book captured my heart and kept my hands flipping pages. My eyes rolled back and forth, eager to find out what would happen next. My heart raced as the story unfolded. The book is about a band of rabbits who flee from their warren (a warren is a group of rabbits which live together like a society). They are lead by Hazel, a young and fairly strong rabbit and Fiver, also young and prophetic (he had visions of the warren being destroyed, which was the reason of the escape). They bring along members of the Owsla (a group of strong rabbits that act like policemen) (Bigwig, Silver) as well as a few of their friends; Pipkin, Blackberry, and others I forgot to mention. They depart against their Threarah's wishes and barely escape the Owsla. After that, they have to find a place to start a new warren. They finally find the place (Watership Down) after braving several weeks in the forest where they learn smart new techniques to stay alive. They have to start a new society with only themselves and the down with new rabbits joining them now and then as well as befriending a bird! They soon realize another problem, they need does to reproduce, so they journey to the nearest warren, where they have to battle their corrupt leader, General Woundwort. This book is very interesting as well as exhilirating. Richard Adam's master storytelling unwind a breathtaking saga about the adventures of fugitive rabbits and their dream of their own society. I would reccomend this book to advanced readers(because of its length) as well as Redwall fans. Brian Jacques (author of the Redwall series) has done a great job, but I think Richard Adam's piece beats him. I can't wait until I get and read the sequel, Tales From Watership Down (also by Richard Adams).
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Summary: A Rippin' Good Yarn.
Review: Watership Down will survive as one of the great classics of Twentieth Century literature. It is the anthropomorphic tale of a rabbit warren that must flee the impending destruction of its bunny hole in the English countryside by advancing urban sprawl. They set off on a journey of adventure and discovery toward their new home, Watership Down. The beauty of the book is in its deceptive complexity. As a multi-layered work, it appeals to a wide variety of readers by satisfying their needs at many different levels. For those who just like rabbits or warm and fuzzy animal tales, Watership Down competes with The Incredible Journey, Black Beauty, or anything by Disney. For those interested in intriguing plot-based fiction with good action and character development, look no further. And surprisingly, for the discriminating reader of literary fiction, Watership Down provides a sophisticated corollary to the ironies of advanced human civilization, reminiscent of Animal Farm, yet less sardonic. A great read for all ages. --Christopher Bonn Jonnes, author of Wake Up Dead.
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Summary: Best book I have read since The Republic of Plato
Review: At a glance, it seems just another talking animal-fantasy book. In actuality, the book combines animal science with imaginary culture to give you a blend of emotion and adventure you will never forget. I thought it was so good, I wrote a song about it.
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Summary: Truly, one of the very best
Review: I was first introduced to this book as a teenager by my mother of all people, whoever listens to their mother in their teenage years. There aren't many books which completely capture you as does "Watership Down" with the tales of Hazel, Bigwig and Fiver plus the interspersed stories of such as the black rabit of Inle. You get absorbed by the politics of the Owsla and the terror faced in the warren run by the general. Such a beautiful book, exceptional, are words that come to mind. Its so easy to be living their story and the death of Hazel is unbearably sad. Truly, one of the very best.
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Summary: A Book Even Teens will Read
Review: "There isn't any danger here, at this moment. But it's coming-its coming. Oh, Hazel, look. The field! It's covered in blood." Fiver has predicted the downfall of his warren and Fiver and Hazel are trying to convince the Chief Rabbit to abandon the warren but he will not listen. So it is up to Hazel to pull together a band of rabbits from his warren that believe in Fiver's prophecy and will leave the warren, brave the dangers of the unknown, and reestablish themselves where they are no longer in danger. Is it possible for 11 rabbits to survive? Hazel is an outskirter in the rabbit warren of the Threarah or chief rabbit. Hazel is picked on and ridiculed because if his brother Fiver. Fiver is a seer, or one that can tell the future so when he predicts the destruction of the warren many outskirters that know him believe it. Both of them wish to leave the warren because of the way they are treated by the Owsla or band of young strong rabbits that steal food from the weak. Watership Down is an exciting read, full of surprises, twists, turns, and terror. It is one of the best animal books ever written and may have, I believe, inspired some animal novelists like Brian Jacques to start their writing career. Alex Hutter is the writer of Rabbits 'r' Us and is currently working on project P.T.R.O.N.A, Protect the Rabbits of North America.
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