Watership Down - Richard Adams Reviews

If you aked me "What do you think is the greatest childrens story of all time?" or most yes even if the greatest book of all time for any age, i would imediatly answer Watership Down! I Read this book three or four years ago and since page one i was completely hooked. Everthing about this book is brilliant, the setting, the charactors , ...  Read the complete review

Is it a kind of a dream Floating out on the tide Following the river of death downstream Oh is it a dream? There's a fog along the horizon A strange glow in the sky And nobody seems to know where it goes And what does it mean? Oh is it a dream? Bright eyes, burning like fire Bright eyes, how ...  Read the complete review

At the tender age of six or seven I was taken by my parents to see my first ever film in a cinema. That film was Watership Down; what could be more appropriate for a youngster than a film about fluffy bunny rabbits? Those of you who have seen the film will not be surprised to hear that I came out of the cinema severely traumatised by the horror ...  Read the complete review

What is an animal ‘society’ like? How would they interact, live together in a community? Would they have stories and friendships? How much are they just like us? Richard Adams gives some possible answers to these questions in his novel Watership Down. His story is an accurate picture of how rabbits may live, from the ...  Read the complete review

==UPDATED 24/09/02== The original reason for this update was that I'd somehow managed to mis-spell "Kehaar" throughout, and it was irritating me. However, I'll take this opportunity to admit that I was slightly hard on the 1978 Nepenthe film, and have upgraded it from "adequate" to "more than ...  Read the complete review

There are many memorable characters in Watership Down, but perhaps the most memorable is General Woundwart. Learning what he is if you've never come across him before will probably surprise you as much as those who first heard details of the soon-to-be-incredibly-successful book in which he appears. This is because General Woundwort is not of ...  Read the complete review