Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Unten am Fluss - »Watership Down«: Roman | Ein ergreifendes Spiegelbild der Gesellschaft und die fesselnde Geschichte eines langen Weges in die Freiheit by Richard Adams

22 reviews

korvid's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Colonisation

courtdryere's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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My new favorite book. Such good characters and tense moments with powerful allegorical messages. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Confinement, Rape

apple_bloom's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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A worthy classic is an understatement. I personally loved this book and the contents. I find that it could be a great read for almost anyone, young and old. Whether you love animal fables, classics, or just a good compelling story, this book is a must.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Violence, War

Minor: Confinement

cursed10fold's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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: Complicated

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I think aspects of the book are dated (both socially and in terms of rabbit science) but I think the inner lives of animals are an interesting topic to explore especially for a fantasy novel. 

I appreciate that the author didn't anthropomorphize the animals too much in terms of their behaviors or make the rabbits too cuddly/Disney-esque as I find that sometimes people have a tendency to sanitize nature when nature can be fairly brutal and unforgiving (especially when you're a member of a species that's on a low tier of a food web). 

I thought that the novel provided a really interesting thought experiment in what it must be like to live such a life and how bizarre/terrifying they must think humans are. 

All that being said, I think I enjoyed the graphic novel adaptation more as it streamlined the story and cut some of the most dated lines. I mainly enjoyed the novel for the extra El-ahrairah stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism

ellies_beez's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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If you’ve turned your nose up at Watership Down because you think it’s just another silly kids book about talking animals, you’re missing out.
This book starts with Fiver (who is a seer) and Hazel’s calm, idyllic summer evening being interrupted by Fiver’s vision of their Warren being destroyed. They manage to gather a small group of other rabbits and leave on an expedition to find a new place to settle. Throughout their journey and the trials faced building their new home, the rabbits learn more about themselves and the world around them.
The book doesn’t shy away from depictions of death or violence, but it is not gratuitous in nature. Adams took the time to research real life rabbit social structures and behavior, so the rabbits’ world is able to have fleshed out mythology, spirituality, language, and politics while still remaining somewhat grounded in reality.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Grief

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy

slugg_o's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Loved this book; it's the book that has re-ignited my love for reading!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Excrement, Car accident, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic

oweb's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Too much plant descriptions

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping

Minor: Genocide

ampharos906's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Grief

Minor: Body horror, Sexual content, Car accident, Pregnancy

indigobird4000's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Excrement, War

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy

Every character of any significance in the book is a rabbit (or bird), so these are the best-fit content warnings. Pregnancy loss, for example, does not happen in the same way for rabbits as for humans (

reabsorption back into the body

) so may be less distressing for some readers

mikki_9's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Infertility, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Kidnapping

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy