I really expected something different when I started this novel. I read the 
summary on the back of the book and saw that it was a story about rabbits who needed a new home after humans started building a housing subdivision in their glen. I figured it would be something along the lines of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh or Redwall. In a way, this novel was similar because it was full of action and kept my interest. However, the similarities ended there. In the other novels I mentioned, the animals were given human characteristics and could perform feats such as read, use electricity, or fight in wars. In Watership Down, Adams prides himself on the fact that the rabbits don't do anything an ordinary rabbit wouldn't do. Even with this handicap, Adams write an intriguing novel that kept me guessing to the very end.
summary on the back of the book and saw that it was a story about rabbits who needed a new home after humans started building a housing subdivision in their glen. I figured it would be something along the lines of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh or Redwall. In a way, this novel was similar because it was full of action and kept my interest. However, the similarities ended there. In the other novels I mentioned, the animals were given human characteristics and could perform feats such as read, use electricity, or fight in wars. In Watership Down, Adams prides himself on the fact that the rabbits don't do anything an ordinary rabbit wouldn't do. Even with this handicap, Adams write an intriguing novel that kept me guessing to the very end.Adams started this novel as a bedtime story for his children and decided to take it one step further. The plot follows a group of rabbits who flee from the home after it is invaded by humans. They travel far (a few miles for rabbits) in search of a new home and run into problems such as foxes, humans, paved roads, and a lack of females. Every time I thought the novel was wrapping up, a new problem occurred and kept me reading and guessing until the finale.
Similar Novels: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien and Redwall by Brian Jacques
Length: 496 pages
Copyright: 1972
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