5/10/2023 0 Comments Watership down by richard adams![]() ![]() One of my favorite things about the novel was Adams’ use of epigraphs at the beginning of each chapter. And the reason is that the story is compelling and well-written and so real that you can smell the grass on Watership Down and feel the heat of the summer sun. ![]() I don’t want to give anything away, because I really believe that everybody should, at some point in their lives, read this book. Their adventure is fraught with peril and risk, but ingenuity and courage and just plain luck carry them through. Watership Down is the tale of Hazel, Fiver, Bigwig, and other young buck rabbits who leave their home to establish their own warren. On the other hand, it’s pretty amazing to discover what would have been a childhood favorite as an adult, and be able to embrace it as a new favorite that can stand proudly next to older favorites on your bookshelf. So I never picked up this book until this month ( October of 2017), for a bookclub I recently joined. Obviously, that was a huge turn off for me. ![]() The people who raved about the book then were generally hipster guys, beating everyone else over the head with their favorite novel. ![]() So how on earth did I miss Watership Down while I was in school? Did our library not have a copy? Was its reputation as a “classic” a deterrent to friends who might have told me of its existence? Whatever the case, I had never even heard of Watership Down until the later years of college. I’ve been a huge fantasy reader since around fifth grade. ![]()
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