4.81k reviews for:

Watership Down

Richard Adams

4.05 AVERAGE

amykclaflin's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

barnaclethereal's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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loved the book, loved the mixing in of rabbit mythology. loved hazel's story. love this book

thefamousdoctorscanlon's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous hopeful

bengadwah's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous inspiring tense medium-paced

chantilly's review against another edition

4.0

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who would’ve thought that a 600+ page book about feral rabbits from my childhood would get me out of my reading slump

fox_lincon's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional 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: Yes

rangerfan1994's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

willowsandbarrows's review against another edition

5.0

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I would have rated it six.

wayfarer06's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 36%

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My library loan was up and I need to get started on my bookclub book. Fully intend to come back to this in a few months.

wordref's review against another edition

4.0

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Watership Down was made into a movie, oh, years ago. I watched it when I was a child, a very small child, and I absolutely loved it and watched it many, many times.

But - I still have nightmares because of it.

Exactly which part of this story is for children again? The part where

Spoiler

Fiver envisions fields of blood and his warren's imminent destruction? Or the part where the Owsla hunts down the rabbits who escape the warren with Hazel and Fiver? Or the part where they are almost killed by Woundwort's warren? Or the part where they go rabbit-rescuing in the farm?

Criminy. This book was so... so... GREAT.

I read it at fourteen and loved it. Read it again at sixteen and loved it. Watched the movie again at seventeen and had nightmares for a week, but loved it. Hazel is amazing. Bigwig is so cool. Fiver is adorably wonderful. Hyzenthlay was nice.

Words do not suffice to explain what I feel with this book. Except that my one year old niece is not going to discover it until she's at least eleven.

And she will read it in bright daylight, safe and cocooned with her big guarddog-babysitters all around her. Yeah.