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Unten am Fluss - »Watership Down«: Roman | Ein ergreifendes Spiegelbild der Gesellschaft und die fesselnde Geschichte eines langen Weges in die Freiheit by Richard Adams
14 reviews
However, there were things that, as an adult, really rubbed me up the wrong way. For example, the female rabbits are basically referred to as breeding stock and not developed as characters at all. The rabbits are repeatedly compared to "primitive people" in their simplistic society, in an example of a really gross colonial attitude that is pervasive throughout the novel.
For me, the highlights of the novel were Peter Capaldi's narration, and the rabbits' own mythology.
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Miscarriage, Sexism
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death
Moderate: Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence
Minor: Miscarriage, Sexism, Pregnancy
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Violence, War
Minor: Confinement
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.
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, War
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Pregnancy
Minor: Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism
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.
Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Grief
Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy
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
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Excrement, War
Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Infertility, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Kidnapping
Minor: Miscarriage, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Infertility, Excrement
Minor: Cursing, Miscarriage, Sexism, Torture, Vomit, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy