Watership Down Review
Watership Down is a classic adventure novel, written by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972. Set in south-central England, the story features a small group of rabbits. Although they live in their natural environment, they are anthropomorphised, possessing their own culture, language, proverbs, poetry, and mythology. Evoking epic themes, the novel follows the rabbits as they escape the destruction of their warren and seek a place to establish a new home, encountering perils and temptations along the way.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Basic Info:
Originally Published: November 1972
Author: Richard Adams
Genres: Fantasy Literature
Review:
Watership Down is a weird book. No doubt about that, though that's not necessarily a bad thing. The story line, the characters, and the details are definetely out of the ordinary, or were: The book was first published 1972, and things have changed since then.
Simply said,Watership Down is a pretty good book. It has an interesting story, and it's unique to see rabbits behaving like human beings, having the personalities and traits and flaws and goodness of humans, while being animals. Actually, this book reminded me a lot of The Wind in the Willows, although Watership Down is darker than Wind in the Willows.
On the whole, I prefer Wind in the Willows to Watership Down. Watership Down is a good read, but I doubt whether older readers would really enjoy reading about rabbits behaving like Achilles or Aragorn, or whatever. But Watership Down is not for much younger readers either, as it's (arguably) dark and (again arguably) brutal in some places. I would recommend this book for mature 8 or 9 year olds.
But maybe I'm just picky, or too old. Tell me what you think in the comments below!
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