Watership Down
by Richard Adams
Review of Watership Down by Richard
Adams

What can I
say? When I first got this book, I thought 'this is going
to be a cute and fluffy story about rabbits'. When I
realised it was more than 500 pages long, that caught my
interest. I thought 'how much can one man write about
rabbits?'. Then I started reading the book.
This is not
a 'cute and fluffy' story in any sense. It is murderous,
savage, animal. Rabbit's throats are ripped out and
creatures are torn apart. Fiver's premonitions are
amazingly disturbing, and so is the story of the Black
Rabbit, which sends shivers down your spine.
Nor is this
a 'story about rabbits'. Like Animal Farm, you completely
forget that the characters are cute fluffy bunnies. They
are people, and symbolise things as well. The
implications of rabbit society cast light upon our own
human society. Religion is amazingly exploited through
the stories of El Ahrairah and the rabbit god Frith. Some
of the rabbit language is difficult to get around, but
it's not like 'Clockwork Orange', and the writer put
footnotes to help with words and concepts that are
difficult for humans to understands. After all, we aren't
rabbits.
A brilliant
read, and I am glad this is in the top 100.
Watership Down by Richard Adams
was reviewed by Mark Geranium

Watership
Down is a wonderful novel for readers of all ages.
Its the story or Hazel, a rabbit, and friends' adventure
to find a new home where they will be safe from humans,
predators(elil) and such. It has subtle (and not so
subtle) biblical and pagan undertones from the exodus
from a rival warren to the actual religious beliefs of
the rabbits themselves. Or perhaps I'm reading too
much into a childrens book about talking rabbits.
Have a read yourself and you be the judge.
Watership Down by Richard Adams
was reviewed by Prince Rainbow

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