A review by thuismuis
Shardik by Richard Adams

2.0

I would have really liked this book if I read it in 5th grade. But, I've had the privilege of reading a lot of books over the last three decades, so all of the characters in this book fall flat to me. Yes it is the story of an unassuming fellow caught up in a bear cult and entangled himself in pre-industrial civilization politics, but it is terribly boring. This is a great book to read in elementary school if you like fantasy that is lite version of game of thrones. This is a terrible book to read If you've loved and re-read Watership Down at anytime in your life. I didn't give it one star because I appreciate Richard Adams writing Watership Down so much, and because he also wrote a longass story and created a few civilizations and their histories from scratch, which takes some work.