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A book like this couldn't be written these days. We're too ironic, too jaded. It's not that this book is immature or unsophisticated, but it's *open*, and we no longer are. My copy is a 70s era paperback, and I can smell the good smell of old books when I read it, and feel back in time. A good read for a hot summer evening.
Adams describes the life of a small group of rabbits in an unflinching and non-anthropomorphic manner (the rabbits don't want to irritate a new mother rabbit, in case she gets ...more
Adams describes the life of a small group of rabbits in an unflinching and non-anthropomorphic manner (the rabbits don't want to irritate a new mother rabbit, in case she gets ...more
While looking for a different Adams book I remembered how much I really enjoyed reading this book while in High School.I think I may revisit it soon.
UPDATE
Well, So much for loving a book in High School. But seriously, I did enjoy it very much Richard Adams has a great imagination, and has a way of totally submerging into the world of the fuzzy bunnies. He has a way of totally humainizing his animals in both this and The Plague Dogs, that if you aren't careful you too, will begin to feel that ...more
UPDATE
Well, So much for loving a book in High School. But seriously, I did enjoy it very much Richard Adams has a great imagination, and has a way of totally submerging into the world of the fuzzy bunnies. He has a way of totally humainizing his animals in both this and The Plague Dogs, that if you aren't careful you too, will begin to feel that ...more
One of my top ten favs.I have read it over and over.
Jul 27, 2007
Tara
marked it as to-read
May 14, 2008
Zing
marked it as to-read
Dec 13, 2014
Charlotte
marked it as to-read
Jul 19, 2015
Kate
marked it as to-read
