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olivurrreads's review
adventurous
inspiring
lighthearted
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? Yes
4.0
enid815's review
2.0
I found this book to be confusing. With all the different animals I couldn’t keep the names straight. I also list touch with the good guys vs the bad guys. Not a book for me. Thank you good reads for giving me the opportunity to read this book.
shaunie991's review
5.0
5 stars!
(Physical copy received from the author for honest review, however I listened to the audiobook version first from Audible.)
I don’t even know where to begin. This book was such a fun read. I enjoyed every minute of it. Narrator, Roxanne Paul, killed it! This book has so many individualistic characters of all different breeds (and even countries!), but Roxanne manages to make them all unique and distinguishable. And that singing voice; what a treat! I have no idea where the author found Roxanne, but she is perfection. Hoping she is given the opportunity to narrate future War Bunny Chronicles books.
The character names always had me smiling: Death Rage, Saskatoon, Dingus, Coriander, Bricabrac, Lorazepam, Wellbutrin, etc.
Anastasia’s journey and story of determination is remarkable. She refuses to bow down and play the role of “prey” or “victim” any longer.
As long as you can picture the story being painted through a rabbit’s eyes, you will love this book. An adventure of survival like no other.
(Physical copy received from the author for honest review, however I listened to the audiobook version first from Audible.)
I don’t even know where to begin. This book was such a fun read. I enjoyed every minute of it. Narrator, Roxanne Paul, killed it! This book has so many individualistic characters of all different breeds (and even countries!), but Roxanne manages to make them all unique and distinguishable. And that singing voice; what a treat! I have no idea where the author found Roxanne, but she is perfection. Hoping she is given the opportunity to narrate future War Bunny Chronicles books.
The character names always had me smiling: Death Rage, Saskatoon, Dingus, Coriander, Bricabrac, Lorazepam, Wellbutrin, etc.
Anastasia’s journey and story of determination is remarkable. She refuses to bow down and play the role of “prey” or “victim” any longer.
As long as you can picture the story being painted through a rabbit’s eyes, you will love this book. An adventure of survival like no other.
lazy_raven's review
5.0
I loved this YA dystopian read. Set hundreds of years after humans have been wiped out, the animals that are left have developed new skills and religion to explain why things are the way they are. This was a goodreads giveaway that I took way too long to get around to reading.
katnortonwriter's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
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
4.25
I see that I’m not the only person who felt like this was the post-apocalyptic, anarchist Redwall-offshoot that my life was missing. My sincere apologies to the author, since I won this book as part of a GoodReads giveaway and then failed to read it for months. I’ve already bought book two because once I finally got my act together, I had a great time.
In brief, prey animals follow a sort of rabbit Bible that tells them they are destined to be prey to the Blessed, aka predators. When a commune of prey animals forms a mutual aid warren and begins to fight back, it causes big problems. Yes, there’s a lot of rabbit politics being discussed. Yes, interpretations of Dah’s will are a big part of the story. I’m a nerd so I liked it. There’s also plenty of action so it moves at a steady clip.
I was raised on Redwall, Watership Down, Once Upon a Forest, and a variety of other vaguely traumatizing novels and movies about talking animals, so I am the target audience. There were times when the narrator broke the fourth wall and compared things in this world to pre-apocalypse human things that jarred me out of the story a bit. There were a few instances of language/terminology that I didn’t love, but they come from the mouths of characters in a way that made me feel like it was intentionally uncomfortable. Overall, I liked the story, I like the commentary, and I was glad that none of the animal enclaves were racially coded because that never ends well.
Also, there’s a raccoon on here named Wellbutrin, and I laughed every time it came up.
christina72's review
5.0
I got this free for a review. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Who knew I would enjoy a story about misfit rabbits and other creatures in a dystopian world. I looked forward to grabbing my coffee and reading it in the mornings. I would have Alexa read it to me while I cleaned the kitchen. I recommend the book and look forward to reading the 2nd one.
carrieleaharris's review
4.0
Bunnies.
Would I have thought that I would have so enjoyed a book about bunnies? Not really.
I had just finished Animal Farm, and it looks like I need to read Watership down, as it's been so compared. I was unexpectedly surprised. The end wasn't so much an ending, as a beginning to the next chapter, which I do so enjoy. An odd thought to imagine in 300 years woodland creatures would talk, worship, and have societal rules. But nonetheless a very good read if you can get into that sort of thing. I did.
Would I have thought that I would have so enjoyed a book about bunnies? Not really.
I had just finished Animal Farm, and it looks like I need to read Watership down, as it's been so compared. I was unexpectedly surprised. The end wasn't so much an ending, as a beginning to the next chapter, which I do so enjoy. An odd thought to imagine in 300 years woodland creatures would talk, worship, and have societal rules. But nonetheless a very good read if you can get into that sort of thing. I did.