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Summary: This is a classic Epic Poem
Review: I understand that some may have difrent views on this book. Yet, all i hear is "it's bunnies, it has no action, the bunny talk is hard to understand, ad infinitum." We have dumed (if thats a word) down todays youth by only focasing on action and simple themes. This book works because its original. Lets count shall we? How many books have humans as the main charcters? Anyone? They were all great because they had action and simple words right? No. Lets face facts, this is a good book because it shows you things about human nature that you couldn't do with humans as the main characters.This is a Epic Poem and Hazel is the hero. The stories within the stories also make it an Epic Poem, and it is the way the trials and conflicts are set up to show the diffrent types of personalities of the rabbits. To those who say its dull, read the beginig agin. As the story starts out it shows adversity from the very begining. Not just action but some politics as well. It has factions, cults, and even a mystic element because of Fiver. I wish that I had had this book in class. I would have loved to have talked about the ideas and themes with others. It's been years since I read it but I still think about it and try to tell everyone I know to read it. Don't hate it because there are no humans as the main characters.
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Summary: Watership Down
Review: I loved Watership Down and though I'm only 13 years old and I am Dutch I fully understood the book and enjoyed it the whol way through. I think that the way Richard Adams describes the way rabbits live was very realisic, and even though talking rabbits seem a strange theme for a book, it was not boring in any way. While reading Watership Down I could feel with the characters and I was gripped by the book.
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Summary: Frith and Inle....
Review: I first read this book when I was in fourth grade, and loved it. I remember they used to show the movie on CBS roughly once a year, and every time I would forget what it was about and enjoy it all over again. I took the book with me to the Soviet Union when I was in high school, and wound up giving it to a girl we were travelling with. It even got me hooked on Magic Cards, since the "Thunder Spirits" card has a quote from Watership down on it. I figured, if they're quoting WD, they can't be complete hacks. Very few books have gained the high place in my canon of stories that this one has. It takes an all-too human story - the desire to find and secure a place in life and society - and presents it from an alien angle. By writing about these rabbits, Adams is able to point out many qualities, both good and bad, that we ourselves possess. With gracefully handled allegory, Adams shows us how nobility, courage and trickery can overcome any evil, and can bring us to the promised land we have always looked for. What surprises most people upon whom I force this book is the characterization. One wouldn't expect, knowing that the book is about rabbits, to see the intensely well-defined characters that appear in this story. Everyone, from major characters such as Fiver and Woundwort to others, such as Silver, Blackavar and Bluebell, all have unique qualities with which one can identify and empathize. Somehow, reading this book always makes me feel a little more at peace with the world. I'm not sure why yet. Looks like I'll have to read it a few more times.
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Summary: Watership Down review
Review: Watership Down Richard Adams Book Review Watership Down is the greatest book because of the plot and the adventures throughout the story. Watership down is about the adeventures of rabbits. The 2 main characters are Hazel and Fiver. Fiver is the fifth rabbit in his litter and is the smallest, kind of like a runt in a litter of pigs. Hazel is Fivers best friend and a normal smart rabbit. The story starts as Fiver, who is known to be able to see the dangers in the future. Fiver sees a bad vision about his town and trys to warn the head master, thereah, but thinks Fiver is just a pyscho. Anyways Fiver and Hazel dont take any chances and get as many rabbits togethor and leave their warren. (warren is the term they use for there cummunity). After that their adventures really start to take off. They run into many of the rabbits preys such as the, eagle, owl and fox. But with the help of the smartest and the strongest rabbits from their town they seem to make it. The rest of the story i will leave a mystery for you but ill tell you one thing its great!
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Summary: One of the best Novels they made me read in High School
Review: Could this have been one of my first literary departures from reality? I don't know, but since then I have been an avid reader of Fantasy and other books of the like. But this is a great retelling of the Exodus story with a small furry mammal twist. Hazel was a strong leader even if Bigwig seemed to be the stronger. the real power and respect lay with Hazel. So it is in the human worl. Children can greatly benefit from reading thhis as it easily correlates with some of the baser sides of human society. I try to watch the film version of it at least once a year and I now want my children to enjoy this fantasy classic.
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Summary: The Great Bunny Book!
Review: My name is Amanda and I am i the 8th grade. We were required to read this book for the last part of the year. Oh my gosh! I fell in love with this book! I am an animal lover so i probaly liked this book more than other people, but this book opened me up to some of the challenging hard-ships animals face. Bigwig was my favorite rabbit throught out the story because he is determined, a little wacky at times, and very funny. I also like the little fur-top on his head. This book is a great book if you have the time to read it and the patience to stick through it. The reason i say this is because it is 481 pgs. long....... but it pulls you in as you start to read it. So all I can say is....get it, read it, love it!
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Summary: Let The Adventure Begin!
Review: This book is one of my all-time favorites. It doesn't hurt that I'm a rabbit lover, but there's more to this book than cute, furry bunnies. If you're looking for a fluffy book without substance, pass this one up. It's a great read and hard to put down once you start. You can read this book a couple of different ways. You can take it at face value: a delightful book about a group of rabbits from their perspective. Their journey is filled with rich details: near misses, triumphs, and a tear-jerker for an ending. Adams peppers the book with words from the lapine language (didn't you know that rabbits could speak?). You can also look beyond the simpler story and look deeper at the symbolism that's intertwined into this story. Adams touches on many themes in this book (don't want to give anything away, but you'll know what I mean when you read it.) I chose the former, but was always aware of the latter. No matter what, it's an absolutely delightful tale that I've already read a few times. Join Fiver, Hazel-Rah, and the rest of the gang as they band together to boldly go where no rabbit has gone before. Laugh with them, fear for them, admire their courage; this is a classic that should be a "must read".
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Summary: Excellent, just excellent
Review: Writers should make more stories like these. Rarely does one find a book that can just make you turn page after page, and a book about talking rabbits nonetheless. This book is a prototype story: plot, character, conflict, etc. Rich in detail (which makes me wonder if Richard Adams is a rabbit himself) and full of imagination, it plunges the reader into the small bodies of these intelligent, resourceful, and lovable rabbits, and takes him through the journeys and adventures they have upon their escape from Sandleford. There are also mini-stories within the story, which deal with the random mythologies and folklore of rabbit legend El-Ahraihrah (which, by the way, are very well-done). Who would have thought rabbits led much more interesting lives? I didn't.
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Summary: Everything you want is all in one book !
Review: I think this book was really great! My 7th grade math teacher recomended it to me. Thanks to him I have discovered another wonderful classic. I think Fiver was the most suspenseful character. What ever he predicted always made you wonder if it was going to come true or not. It made you want to keep turning the pages. This book also teaches you about the outside life. I think after you read this book it seems like you want to meet a rabbit in real life. And sort of get to know him. If you have not read this book read it its the best!
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Summary: Its not for children? Oops, my mistake.
Review: Well, for all you ppl who are saying that kids shouldn't readthis book, you are wrong! I am 13 and read this when I was 12 and itis now my favorite book! I grew up watching the movie, and decided to read the book, and I was definitely rewarded. There are many deeper meanings to this book, sure, but the up the front plot is the best.
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