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Unten am Fluss

Richard Adams

4.05 AVERAGE


This was a surprisingly good book. I say surprising because I figured reading about rabbits would be boring or weird and I wasn't all that excited about reading about the adventures of talking wildlife. But the writer did them justice! It felt pretty real, which I think made the book. He worked with the limitations rabbits might actually have instead of making them human; they still felt like rabbits. It made me feel actually more empathetic towards smaller animals that you might not really consider before. I thought the story was very well written and engaging, entertaining, (the only parts I didn't enjoy as much were the stories the rabbits would tell – I find that is pretty common in my reading though, I get bored when the writer starts having his characters tell stories, like in The Way of King’s when they’d have the dreams, etc. It’s not that the stories were bad, I think it’s just I wanted to keep reading about the rabbits and I didn't like the interruption!) The story ended pretty happily, and while there were a ton of scrapes that you thought might end up badly, no one really ended up too much the worse for wear. I enjoyed it a lot.
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adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
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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
adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark hopeful sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes

This book is OK I liked the idea of seeing the dangers of the world through the eyes of the rabbits but I felt it dragged in parts. I wouldn't read it again . 
adventurous hopeful lighthearted 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: Complicated
adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous emotional inspiring tense 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: Yes
adventurous emotional medium-paced