4.64k reviews for:

Watership Down

Richard Adams

4.04 AVERAGE

teaflowerer's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

duncan_arizona's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring relaxing 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

puppyphant's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-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

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It's not just about what it takes to survive, but to thrive and be free in a cruel world.

christo_reinbow's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

miduhadi's review against another edition

2.0

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This book started off well but became too repetitive after a while. Here are some of the quotes that I liked:





There are some beautiful descriptions, as well. Here is one such passage where the author describes the effect of moonlight on the jungle:

We need daylight and to that extent it is utilitarian, but moonlight we do not need. When it comes, it serves no necessity. It transforms. It falls upon the banks and the grass, separating one long blade from another; turning a drift of brown, frosted leaves from a single heap to innumerable flashing fragments; or glimmering lengthways along wet twigs as though light itself were ductile.

I think Bigwig was one character who showed a lot of growth as the story progressed. He went from being just the brawn around the leader to a rabbit who started thinking for himself. One of the many funny exchanges between Bigwig and Hazel is featured below:



Here’s a picture that reminded me of Bigwig:

irrlichtwinter's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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a book that gets better on every re-read

bekarebeka's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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: No

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I love this book and I love Capaldi's narration

sofia_0206's review against another edition

5.0

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• A Avellano le pareció que ya no necesitaría más su cuerpo, de modo que lo dejó en el 
  borde de la zanja, y se detuvo un momento para observar a sus conejos y tratar de 
  acostumbrarse a la extraordinaria sensación de que la fuerza y la vida salían de su cuerpo para 
  fluir incansable por sus cuerpos jóvenes y radiantes y sus despiertos sentidos.
• Todos tenemos que dejar de 
  correr algún día, ya lo sabes.
• Damos por sentada la luz del día. En cambio, la luz de la luna es 
  otra cuestión. Es inconstante. La luna llena mengua y reaparece. Las nubes pueden oscurecerla 
  hasta un punto que no pueden oscurecer la luz del día. El agua es necesaria para nosotros, perouna cascada no lo es. Y siempre que encontramos una cascada, no es sino algo superfluo, un 
  bello ornamento. Necesitamos la luz del día, pero no la luz de la luna. Cuando llega, no cubre 
  ninguna necesidad. Transforma. No tenemos en consideración la luz de la luna. Es como la nieve, o 
  como el rocío en una mañana de julio. No revela, sino que transforma lo que toca. Y su débil 
  intensidad —tan distinta de la luz del día— nos hace conscientes de que es algo añadido a la 
  colina a fin de conferirle, sólo por un breve intervalo, una cualidad singular y maravillosa que 
  deberíamos admirar mientras podamos, porque pronto desaparecerá.

anastasiabookgirl's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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

lunahups's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

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 cruelty, Animal death, Death