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Summary: A book review by a 9 year old girl.
Review: I think Watership Down is a really good book if you like rabbits and reading about how they live. If you do then you should read it and if you relate to those then I'll give you a sample of the book! "Hazel! I know there's danger there and we must leave!" said Fiver. "Oh, no can't you see Hazel! The field is full of blood!" Fiver is a six month old rabbit who can sence danger when it's coming and Hazel is a 8 month old rabbit who is Fiver's brother and watches over him. If you want to know what the rabbits are fearing and what Hazel's reply to Fiver is then you should read it. This is a great book for experienced readers.
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Summary: If You Read It, It Will Become Your Favorite
Review: When I was 10 years old, my Aunt Betty read this book to me. I would sit on her living room couch after school and listen intently to the adventures of Hazel-rah and Fiver and this mighty band of... yes, rabbits. Now, a grown woman of 35, I have the opportunity to travel for my work and often, while on the plane, I'll chat with fellow travelers about where they live, their interests and of course, their favorite books. In all the conversations I've had, NEVER ONCE has anyone who has read Watership Down NOT stated, without being prompted, that is was without a doubt, their absolute favorite book. It's mine too, I have read it again and again over the years and each time, I am captivated by the excitement, the discovery and the growth of these rabbits. With each read, I do believe I grow just a little myself. Thank you, Aunt Betty, for reading this beautiful book to me, that very first time, so many years ago...
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Summary: Tone uses makes the book easy to read.
Review: "Watership Down" is the adventure of a band of rabbits, who set out on their own. Led by the brave and intelligent Hazel, they search for the perfect place to build a warren. Fiver, the smallest and most timid, has what humans would call a sixth sense and can foresee the future. Thrown into the wild, the only thing they have to depend on is each other. Soon, they learn to rely fully on their senses and to trust one another. The band of rabbits overcomes many dangers, but in the end natural harmony takes over and everything works out. The tone that Richard Adams takes is clearly depicted at the beginning of every chapter. He gives a quote from another work of literature to set the mood and give insight into the chapter. He takes such close details with this that not a single quote is out of place. Adams also brings the rabbits to life by sharing their myths and language with the reader. He uses such intricate detail to describe the lives of rabbits and their surroundings that the reader gets the know life from a rabbits point of view quite well. The reader is left with understanding that Adams brought through in his writing.
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Summary: ADVENTURE, HUMOR, IMAGINATION, TURMOIL...
Review: I have sincerely never read a better book in my lifetime. However, in order to enjoy it you need to have an open mind and a sense of imagination. It may seem difficult to begin, but once you've been drawn in to the story, you will never want to stop reading it. I sometimes feel the necessary urge to watch a movie twice that truly gets to me, or gets me so excited and full of some sort of magical, inexplicable energy that I cannot get it out of my system until I have seen it twice. This was the first novel that clutched me so, and the summer before ninth grade, when I had to read it for school, I ended up reading it twice, feeling the vivid emotion as intensely the second time as the first. I've lost count of how many times I have read it now, and every time I read it I pick up on new, exhilarating details. The story is simply charming, with numerous metaphors and adventures. It is one of those books where you feel yourself sitting up in anticipation, as well as jumping up and down with joy. This novel is also just as humorous as adventurous, in fact, it's hilarious. Clearly, WD contains EVERYTHING a good novel, in my opinion, should: adventure, humor, a touch of sadness, friends, life-and-death situations, imagination, metaphor, intellect..etc. etc. I could go on forever, but I will stop now. Please, at least give this book a chance: if there is even a slight possibility that you could be blessed with the intense, thought-evoking feelings it has awakened in me, then it's worth it. This is my favorite book of all times.
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Summary: Watership Down
Review: This is a book appreciated by sociologists, naturalists, and children (or the young at heart). The book began as a story Adams would tell his children on long car trips. Adams expanded his knowledge of rabbits by reading "The Private Life of the Rabbit" by R.M. Lockley before writing the book. Lockley discribes the rabbit as being slightly less intellegent than a cat. Although this does not even approach Mr. Stuart's impressive I.Q. of 141 (April 15th reviewer), it is on par with dogs. I found Adams discription of the natural mating and bathroom habits of rabbits informative and not at all "really bad" or unpleasant. Being at the bottom of the food chain, rabbits do no harm except to other rabbits, unlike humans, at the top of the food chain, who harm everthing including other humans. During their journey to find a new home the rabbits encounter other rabbit societies and learn what to and what not to incorporate into their own new society. Watership Down is a wonderful book that can be enjoyed by children and even intellegent adults with a moderated amount of imagination.
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Summary: THIS IS A BOOK IS WORTH EVERY WORD!!!
Review: This is a book I couldn't put down.I read it within a week! It's a beautiful story about rabbits who run away when their warren is in danger to begin a new life somewhere else. The main characters name is Hazel who is courageous and is a great leader. They have their own interesting language(not the entire book)which has a dictionary in the back for quick reference. And even for you people out there that like action, there is plenty of fighting(rabbit style).
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Summary: The best book I have ever read!
Review: This is about a group of rabbits who sense danger. Fiver, Hazel, Bigwig, Pipkin and others go to find a new warren. They meet dangers and adventures. It is fantastic how the author makes the rabbits come to live, give them a religion, a character. Watership Down was gripping all the way through and I couldn't stop reading it. I recommend this, it is fantastic, I now even want the second book of it!
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Summary: Unexpected Twisting Plot
Review: This book is excellent. Every time something happens it leads to something else. Also things that a normal person would discard immeadietly Richard Adams uses later in the book. Also this book is an adventure book with a toluch of mystery which is a great combo. Also there are stories in the story that senda shiver down your spine yet others make you laugh uncontrollably. This I am not kidding you is the best book I have ever read. It would be a crime not to read this book.
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Summary: Absolutely great. A classic!
Review: This is absolutely great. One of the best books I have read. I feel sorry for those people who thought the rabbits should be replaced by humans. It would be extremely boring if every book was about humans. And what was confusing about this book? I've read it when I was 8 and I totally understood it. I guess some are just plain stupid.
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Summary: A spectacular novel!
Review: I've read this book in 9th grade and cherished it ever since. Hazel, Bigwig, Fiver, and the rest of the Sandleford rabbits are spectacular characters, and you'll come to love them as if they are actually human beings as you read the novel. From dodging danger, crossing rivers, finding a new warren, so many things you will always remember. I recommend this book to people of all ages who's interested in adventure and excitement.
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