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I read this after hearing from a few people that it was among their all-time favorites. I was almost put off when I saw it was a story about rabbits, originally written as a tale by a father to his children - but I'm glad I wasn't.
I found the folk tales about El-ahrairah to be very impressive. The author clearly had a vivid imagination to create so much of the rabbits culture and history. But I think this book was worth reading as it's really a story about survival, leadership, and human nature. ...more
I found the folk tales about El-ahrairah to be very impressive. The author clearly had a vivid imagination to create so much of the rabbits culture and history. But I think this book was worth reading as it's really a story about survival, leadership, and human nature. ...more

This is one of the greatest stories I've ever read (listened to, to be specific). And I almost never gave it a chance, because how interesting could a novel about rabbits possibly be? I implore you not to let that deter you, as this is no Peter Cottontail story, it is The Lord of the Rings with leporidae.
I cared more about the rabbits in this story than almost every human character from everything else I've ever read, a hell of a trick for the author to pull off, and Bigwig has hopped his way t ...more
I cared more about the rabbits in this story than almost every human character from everything else I've ever read, a hell of a trick for the author to pull off, and Bigwig has hopped his way t ...more

"You know how you let yourself think that everything will be all right if you can only get to a certain place or do a certain thing. But when you get there you find it's not that simple."
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