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Watership Down by Richard Adams

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geekmom's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

This is a classic for a reason. It’s a story of friendship, courage and survival, with lovely descriptions of the English countryside and a very believable cast of characters who are almost all animals.
A fantastic performance by Peter Capaldi made this 17.5 hour audiobook a real pleasure to listen to.

As a person who tends to be very sensitive to (and easily put off by) the lack of female characters in a book, I did find it extremely funny when the rabbits, having found a new home, turned around and were all... "Hey guys? Umm... we have no women, and that's kind of a problem." Well, I could have told them that from page 1, if only they'd asked me!

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arlorees's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Just a perfectly sweet story. Makes you feel like a kid being told a bedtime story by a grandparent.

I listened to Peter Capaldi narate it, he was fantastic.

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apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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naes's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Having not seen any of the adaptions for Watership Down I went into this novel totally blind. I knew rabbits were involved but that was the extent of my knowledge.

Watership Down follows the adventures of a band of rabbits trying to escape an unknown threat to their burrow and make their own. There are trials and hardship along with epic wins and beautiful moments. Somehow this story about an unlikely ragtag group made me care so much about and see rabbits in a totally new light.

The only issues I had with the book were the pacing in some parts was agonizingly slow and there were some incredibly long and detailed descriptions when all I wanted to know was how the bunnies were doing! After finishing I do appreciate the details a bit more especially after someone likened it to an epic poem which you need to work for the pay off.

Overall I really liked the story and plan on listening to the audiobook in the next month or two.

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woolen_pigeon's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

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abbie_normal's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

It has been decades since I watched the terrifying movie, but still I kept this haunting bit of horror floating in the back of my mind all through the much less frightening novel. And, surprise, it wasn't scary at all. It was wonderful.

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