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Watership Down by Richard Adams

11 reviews

arlorees's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Just a perfectly sweet story. Makes you feel like a kid being told a bedtims story by a grandparent.

I listened to Peter Capaldi narate it, he was fantastic.

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abbie_normal's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

It has been decades since I watched the terrifying movie, but still I kept this haunting bit of horror floating in the back of my mind all through the much less frightening novel. And, surprise, it wasn't scary at all. It was wonderful.

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remescient's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

The most emotionally devastating book about rabbits.

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gabriella_'s review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This made me feel like a little kid again which I know isn’t an easy feat. I was squirming reading this feeling so tense and anxious for battle rabbits in a society some parts even felt apocalyptic. An absolute page-turner this was awesome

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robin1010's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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cranedphoenix's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

One of my favorite books from my childhood and I'm happy it's still a very good read all these years later
I will admit slow paced books are almost always a struggle for me so that's a negative but everything else is pretty good, though i think some of the slow pace has to do with the few story chapters in between the chapters with our main characters

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darkefyres's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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janneke2302's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I was hesitant to read this book at first, because it's very different from what I usually read, but I ended up really enjoying it. There were some slow parts that were a bit tough to get through, especially the chapters where they told each other stories, but other than those parts it was a really fun heartwarming and adventurous story.

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hoggboss's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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laurenleigh's review against another edition

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hopeful tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Oof I FINALLY got through this. Possibly an unpopular opinion, but I greatly disliked this book. I think the main reason people sing its praises is out of nostalgia for when they read it as a kid. It was SO BORING. I gave up on the audiobook quickly, finding it too hard to keep track of the characters and the rabbit language, but then I spent 6 long weeks slogging through the ebook. It just put me to sleep! I’m not a super fast reader, but if something takes me that long, it’s a bad sign. I finally moved back to audiobook for the last half, once I had a handle on the characters and Adams’ writing style. I guess I did care about the characters, but that’s not really a testament to good writing. I care about all animal characters, even unnamed ones. I guess I could find some hint of interest by framing the different warrens as different types of government (Cowslip’s warren = socialism, Efrara = fascism), like a super subtle Animal Farm, but that only held my attention for so long. I know life is short and I should have DNF-ed it, but I’m a completionist. SO glad this one is over though. Apologies if I’ve just hated on your beloved childhood tale, but I stand by my assessment. This was a snooze fest.

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