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A book about a bunch of rabbits making a journey is generally about the last thing I'd pick up, but when Richard Adams stopped running in December 2016, I decided to buy this book since I knew the name of it well but not more than that. To me, it sounded like some kind of sea disaster novel and that's something I'm far less likely to read than a book about a bunch of rabbits.
Of course, Watership Down is about far more than a bunch of rabbits. It's a journey, a risk, a flight and fight for freedo ...more
Of course, Watership Down is about far more than a bunch of rabbits. It's a journey, a risk, a flight and fight for freedo ...more
Who would have thought that a simple little book about rabbits could be so entertaining? Between Fiver's fortune-telling, Bigwig's heroics and Hazel's leadership, I was kept on the edge of my seat. I wish that I would have had to read THIS in high school, it would have hooked me on classics much more than reading Heart of Darkness ever did.
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What a wonderful story! Made me think of rabbits in a whole new light. I will think of this story every time I see a rabbit. What a good read.
Oh my gosh! What a book. I could NOT put it down. What an amazing book.
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