Watership down....Anyone ever read it? what did you think?

[geebs]

Okay I am back from Filayra (sp?) and I didn't see the Black Rabbit on Inley, but the Rhu du dus are going this morning... I saw this post and was just "tharn"!!!

Yep.. amazing book... 20 years later it still plays out in the cobwebs
s in my mind....

a tough read because at times it is very sleepy, however, it is so well written with the animal behaviors that I feel it is must read...If you can get through such a long novel...

I agree about the difficulty level and social commentary... read severeral times pre adult... I am twice that and more and i still remember the moral character it help develop in me.

 

[Barred Rocks forever]

if you like that book you guys should read plague dogs by the same author

 

[farmerlor]

I love it in the same way I loved Animal Farm. It teaches important life lessons while entertaining at the same time and the book unfolds in layers delving deeper and deeper into societal ills and foibles. It's on my "no kid should grow up without reading this book" list.

 

[Southernbelle]

Love the book! I read it multiple times as a teenager and young adult. It's still on my bookshelf, but I haven't picked it up in years, but it's a book I will never get rid of.

I was initially drawn to the book as a teenager because I had rabbits (and still do), but it's an amazing and well-written book. After reading it, I had several rabbits named after the characters: Bigwig, Hyzenthlay, Fiver and Hazel.

I watched the movie, too and enjoyed it. I still have that, too, on VHS. I think my kids are still too young for it, but I've kept it.

 

[Kansaseq]

I read it several times as a pre-teen, and loved it. Would probably get more of the 'adult' stuff if I re-read it as an adult.

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

I have never read the book, but will be on the look out for it.



I have always loved the movie.

 

[HyLinda]

Watership Down was an intense book and movie. If you like that you may also like The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangarin. That is another that I have read over and over again and my adult kids like it too.

 

[Sunny Side Up]

I was a teen when the book first came out, I remember reading the reviews that said how the action was so exciting and the plot so captivating and wondered "This book is about RABBITS, how can it be so thrilling?" Then I read the book and could agree with the reviews.

Other more recent books in the same category are Sword Bird by Nancy Yi Fan, and its prequel Sword Quest. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...pbooks&field-keywords=fan,+nancy+yi&x=17&y=20 I especially like the imaginative way the author describes, in exquisite detail, the fanciful world in which these birds live. These birds don't live like real ones in nature, but it's still a thoroughly enjoyable place to visit. Right now my children & I are listening to the book read on CD.

 

[joebryant]

I read it about a million years ago. I remember that I liked it, but other than it's being about rabbits, I don't remember very much about it.

 

[elieugene6]

I read it the first time as a teenager because it was about rabbits. I love that book. I never reread books there are just so many out there. This book has been read twice and I still have my original copy and have been thinking I need to read it again. I was 16 the first time and 22 the second. Definitely will read again before I hit 30.