The characterizations in the book are all excellent. Watership Down works as an epic adventure story because it is an epic adventure for the rabbits. The story is told from a lapine narrative frame, so Adams presents the world from their point of view and their sense of morality. For the most part, the rabbits do feel and act like real rabbits. Richard Adams does an amazing job bringing this admittedly odd concept to life. Once they establish their new home, they must fight off the Efrafan rabbits and find more female rabbits to ensure the future of the warren. Watership Down is a story about a group of rabbits trying to reach the safety of a hill called Watership Down. I came away impressed with the book, but not for the reasons I’d expected. I finally decided to try it when the Mythgard Academy podcast selected it as the next offering in its free podcast series. Naturally, I was a bit puzzled, but also intrigued. This is a book for adults about a bunch of cute little bunny rabbits. I have a lot of friends who adore Richard Adams’ Watership Down.
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