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jhoppster 's review for:
Watership Down
by Richard Adams
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book is somewhat of a mixed bag for me.
I loved the story and the writing itself breaks out into beautiful descriptions and prose. Adam's use of symbolism is fantastic as well and don't get me started on the beautiful last chapter. 😢
However, the whole story has a sense of foreboding hopelessness which I found a little bit draining. There's a lot of characters to keep track of, so adding to that made it an exhausting read for the most part. On top of that there's quite a few fairy tales and mythological stories which I did not find as interesting as I expect the author hoped. They were good, no doubt, but it came to a point where most of the additional tales told by the rabbits (while it added to the lore) felt like filler. And this book is decently long.
I loved the overall story and really do think there's a lot to love here (talking rabbit stories are right up Joshua Hoppman's alley, haha); but there's a lot to go through to get to the good stuff. Is it worth it? I would certainly say so, thus my rating of four stars. I do plan on reading the sequel and I may return to this one someday but with the added notion of skimming through certain chapters.
I loved the story and the writing itself breaks out into beautiful descriptions and prose. Adam's use of symbolism is fantastic as well and don't get me started on the beautiful last chapter. 😢
However, the whole story has a sense of foreboding hopelessness which I found a little bit draining. There's a lot of characters to keep track of, so adding to that made it an exhausting read for the most part. On top of that there's quite a few fairy tales and mythological stories which I did not find as interesting as I expect the author hoped. They were good, no doubt, but it came to a point where most of the additional tales told by the rabbits (while it added to the lore) felt like filler. And this book is decently long.
I loved the overall story and really do think there's a lot to love here (talking rabbit stories are right up Joshua Hoppman's alley, haha); but there's a lot to go through to get to the good stuff. Is it worth it? I would certainly say so, thus my rating of four stars. I do plan on reading the sequel and I may return to this one someday but with the added notion of skimming through certain chapters.