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Watership Down

Richard Adams

4.04 AVERAGE


I had no expectation for this book. It has been on my list to read for some time. I loved it. It had adventure and heart. My favorite character was Big Wig. I found him to be comforting. The other rabbits needed him to be their protector and they gave him respect and trusted him no matter what. He was just like a big dad, pretecting his family. Big Wig never even thought twice about defending the other rabbits even when he was hurt or sure he woudl be killed.

Great great story!

4.25 stars

Not much to say but great story and amazing characters. Author did a really good job of giving human character to the rabbits but not crossing the line of making them do anything physical that rabbits couldn’t do. Great ending. The only reason that I am not giving this book an even higher rating is that the pace dragged a bit for me near the middle.
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

amberelizmann's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 16%

I was just so bored. 
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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: Yes
adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I was forced to read this book in highschool which is probably why I didn't enjoy it very much. They always make you anazlye too far into books...it takes the fun out of reading.

lydirature's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 43%

I switched to the audio book for this one, very good but more engaging read aloud!
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xxsquigglesxx's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

Tried to read this before watching the tv series. Hated this book in high school. I think I would have enjoyed it more this time around if I gave it more of an effort, but I just couldn't get into it. DNF on page 58.
adventurous medium-paced