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Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)

Richard Adams

Start date: February 1, 2022

Finish date: February 28, 2022

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Nov 23, 2022 Sean rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classics

For many years I wrongly dismissed, ”Watership Down”, as a kid’s book and so never found space for it on my TBR pile. This year is the 50th anniversary of the book’s publication which prompted me to give it a second chance. I’m so glad that I did since it is one of the best books that I’ve read this year. The lapine dictator General Woundwort is now one of my all time favourite fictional villains.

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Nov 09, 2016 Laura rated it really liked it

Shelves: adventure, animals, audio-books, fiction-20th-century, read-2016, british-literature, fantasy, fiction

From BBC Radio 4 - Drama:
Richard Adams' award-winning novel from 1972. Fearful that their home in Sandleford Warren is to be destroyed, a band of rabbits begins an epic and perilous journey to Watership Down.

Produced by Gemma Jenkins
Directed by Marc Beeby

Watership Down was Richard Adams' first novel and began life as improvised stories told to his two young daughters. Once published it became hugely successful, and won its author the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal.

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Jul 10, 2014 Canavan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Jun 07, 2014 Ken Seeling rated it really liked it

I really enjoyed the story which may start with rabbit basics but certainly throws on some very human characteristics concerning friendship, love, war, politics and religion. I'll summarize the story with one of my favorite quotes from the book: A rabbit's sneeze on the morning breeze sets homesick hearts aglow, sitting with his rump in a chicory clump and longing for a nice plump doe. ...more

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