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Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)

Richard Adams

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Nov 27, 2016 Leah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, 2016-reading-challenge

2016 Reading Challenge Category: A book you haven't read since high school.

I have to admit, I was a bit anxious about picking up Watership Down again for the first time in so many years, not only because I loved it so much in high school, and I was afraid of feeling let down by rereading it with adult eyes, but because this book changed my life. Because I read Watership Down in my freshman year of high school, I named the puppy I got for my 16th birthday Hyzenthlay. ("Hyzie" for short.) Maybe wi ...more

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May 01, 2022 Valerie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: week-36, aty-2022-val

I read this book for the ATY 2022 Reading Challenge Week 36: two books related to flora and fauna. A clever book based to a degree on the scientific knowledge of rabbits and the biological and botanical environment of the downs in the United Kingdom. It also acknowledges the intelligence of animals to be able to make decisions and control their destinies. Written in the days when women were thought to be in need of the protection and guidance of a man, this book reflects those times. Otherwise, ...more

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Feb 17, 2015 Joanne rated it it was amazing

Delightful story...you would think a story about the adventures of rabbits searching for a new home would be boring. However, you couldn't be more wrong. This is a great tale, full of adventure and daring. You really care about the rabbits and root for them the whole way through. ...more

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