A review by bagpuss_janet
Watership Down by Richard Adams

4.0

Fiver sees a vision of the warren he lives in being destroyed by man. When the chief rabbit refuses to listen to his fears, Fiver, together with several other brave rabbits, sets out on a long journey to look for a safe place to live. There is just one problem - they have no does, and without does, any new warren they set up will not endure.

During their travels they encounter a strange warren where all the rabbits behave very peculiarly, and Fiver’s intuition tells him that this is not a safe place, a farm where there are captive rabbits and eventually they settle on Watership Down.

With the help of an injured gull whom they nurse to health, they set out to find some does to bring back, but this adventure proves the most dangerous yet. Will they survive?

This book is lovely. I’m not ashamed to say that it made me cry! It took me a little while to get into it but once I did, I thoroughly enjoyed it and would utterly recommend it.