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Danger has come to the Shire Warren. The RaHobbits - timid, quiet beings, usually - will have to face this danger. A perilous journey filled with magic, strange languages, unlikely friendships, companions, mortal danger, and a ring that must be destroyed in the fires of Mordor.
...But for real: Am I the only one who sees this?
Rabbit... Hobbit...? Did JRRTolkein use rabbits as his template for Hobbits? And did Richard Adams use LOTR as a template for Watership Down? Or at least, did he use it as i ...more
...But for real: Am I the only one who sees this?
Rabbit... Hobbit...? Did JRRTolkein use rabbits as his template for Hobbits? And did Richard Adams use LOTR as a template for Watership Down? Or at least, did he use it as i ...more
I can't believe I waited so long to read this! I LOVED IT! I saw the movies eons ago and really didn't remember anything about it, except that it was a story about rabbits.
It's such a fun story and I really think it's one that anyone would enjoy.
I blew through this on the last day of vacation and traveling back home, I'll read this again for sure. ...more
It's such a fun story and I really think it's one that anyone would enjoy.
I blew through this on the last day of vacation and traveling back home, I'll read this again for sure. ...more
Got 10% into the audiobook and decided it was a no-go. I think I’ve had a paperback copy of this book for 20+ years. It’s ok. I don’t have to finish every book I start.
Eye surgery at the beginning of January meant that I had to sit at home in the dark for a week, unable to read or watch TV or even use the computer. So I turned to audiobooks. I have never read Watership Down, though I did try. I am still not sure I would have ever read it without listening to it first.
Adams has a loping narrative style akin to Tolkien's many-page descriptions of scenery or walking. I would have been bored to tears reading it. Lying on the couch listening to the narrator, thoug ...more
Adams has a loping narrative style akin to Tolkien's many-page descriptions of scenery or walking. I would have been bored to tears reading it. Lying on the couch listening to the narrator, thoug ...more
4.5 stars, an average of then & now.
when I first read this back somewhen in grade school, it was one of the only 5-star books I ever experienced as part of my public school curriculum.
as an adult, there are some things about the pacing that seem a little off on this othwise solid read, so 4 stars, even though the last page still wrings tears. or maybe it's not the pacing, but instead the fact that there are NO surprises whatsoever in here: 20 years later, I still remember all of the plot detail ...more
when I first read this back somewhen in grade school, it was one of the only 5-star books I ever experienced as part of my public school curriculum.
as an adult, there are some things about the pacing that seem a little off on this othwise solid read, so 4 stars, even though the last page still wrings tears. or maybe it's not the pacing, but instead the fact that there are NO surprises whatsoever in here: 20 years later, I still remember all of the plot detail ...more
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