Watership Down question

I was moved the first time I read this book, and have continued to be moved every time I read it again. The story pulls you in, you become attached to the characters and it is just overall a wonderful book. I highly recommend it to everyone.

I read this when at school and would love to read it again. I remember my favourite rabbit was Blackberry.

I finished the book last night. It took me a bit longer than usual. I kept thinking "How much more are these poor bunnies going to go through". Then after the exciting ending, I dreamed about bunnies all night.

I just started reading Shardik by Adams which is a wholly different experience with mythic archetypes. As different from Watership Down as a rabbit from a bear, it is an experience to be had!

I have read this two or three times, but not in the last 10 years, I need to pick it up again. I think it might be my all time favorite book. It is one of 11 year olds favorite books as well and a very good reason that she trusts me when I put a book down in front of her.

I first read this novel in sixth grade and was entirely consumed by it. I remember being depressed for (what seemed like) a very long time after finishing it because my first experience with it had ended. I wrote to Richard Adams to tell him how much I loved it and got a nice personal reply! Re-read it 5-6 times over the next few years, but not for quite a few years since then. I just re-"read" the wonderful audio version and am happy to say that it has lost none of its magic. This remains my favorite book.

I really loved Watership Down. (the author's other books, not so much.) Amazing world building, amazing story...I think I'm probably going to have to re-read to see how well it aged/if I still like it as much as I remember liking it.

I read this book when I was younger and loved it. I decided to reread it again since it had been a few years and finished today. Just love this story. It's so captivating and just beautiful. Love it!

Thankfully I read the book prior to watching the horrid cartoon adaption. To go from the precocious anti-authoritarian Peter Rabbit to vivid gut wrenching life and death struggles for survivial was absolutely enthralling to my young teenage mind...way back when. Re-reads showed me the mastery of imagery, anthropomorphic character development at its best, and sowed a deep dislike for totalitarianism in any form for any reason. One of my favorite reads ever.

I loved this book. I first read it when I was in my early twenties. I then read Plague Dogs and Shardik I've read this book a few more times over the years and my love for it remains unchanged. I think it is one of my alltime favorites.

This is the first book I ever read as a child. I was really young, too. Loved it and the movie. My mom read it to me a number of times, until I got old enough to read it myself. Loved it.

I reread this book every few years. My most memorable time was reading it aloud to my daughter when she was maybe seven or eight years old. She loved it, too. It's a beautiful story, one of my all time favorites.

Silly wabbits.

My mom actually recommended it to me when I was in high school. She's a big animal lover, so I thought it'd be a fun animal book. But it was so sad! I haven't reread it since, but it was such a great book.

It's one of the few books that I actually keep on my shelves instead of giving it away.

I read this book in high school I hope one day my grandson will read it!

I have this book down as one of my all-time favorites.

It's a unique story, focused on exploring themes that aren't nearly seen enough in other books. What is Watership Down about? It's about leadership, authority, culture, interdependence, and (in a strangely meaningful way) what 'home' means. When you read it, you get the feeling that it's a retelling of some classical myth (like the hero's journey), but in the end I think it's unique enough to stand alone.

I read the book twice at different points in my life! What a wonderful book! I get something diffrent from it each time I read it.

I read this aloud to my son; he intelligently noted how by the end of the book one quite understood Lapine profanity.

My dad took me to see the movie, which came out the same time as Bakshi's Hobbit movie. I spent the 8th grade reading it cover to cover about 7 times.

I first read this book many years ago. I really liked the book, although I always had the nagging doubt that rabbits could be that smart – still, it’s fiction, right? I think it did influence me to think about how other creatures might see the world though, and when I was lucky enough to develop a relationship with a wild dolphin I started to wonder what it must be like in their world. And of course, these are creatures that probably do communicate as fluently as we do…

So to cut a long story short, I ended up writing a novel set entirely in the world of the dolphins, and tried to keep at much based on fact as possible. The result was Dolphin Way, and I think I have to say a small thank you to Richard Adams for his influence.

Dolphin Way

Discovered the book when I was about 10 - and still go back to it every so often for a re-read, 30 years later. So good that within a few minutes of first picking it up, I stopped thinking of them as rabbits - more pioneers on a seriously dangerous quest. Brilliant book.

I have read this many times. I still cry. Such a moving tale.

Watership down is masterpeice of adventure literature. The various characters are some of the most strongly depicted personalities in literature. The language is faultless and lyrical, and Bigwig is my favourite hero. When I read this book, I become a rabbit.

I was too bored to even finish it.

I liked the interweaving of story within a story, but relevant to the main plot. If the ending of this can't make you cry (a bit like the Selfish Giant's ending) then nothing can. Altogether a lovely book. But for subject matter I liked the Plague Dogs better.

This is my favourite book of all time. I actually watched the movie first, as I found the book a bit too long when I was eight. This is when a boy who lived on my street - much the nicest of three lads who were friends with my brother - lent me the book and the video with his recommendation, knowing I liked animals. I couldn't get through the book in a decent amount of time for a lend, but I watched the movie a few times and loved it. Then I got my own copy of the book - for my birthday, I think - and read through it over a few weeks, sometimes asking parents to read chapters out loud to me.

Reading the book soon got a lot easier, and I fell more and more love with it over the years. I still watched the film fairly frequently, but gradually I came to realise that the book was not only longer and deeper, but better as well. I simply love it. Although I'm sure I would have discovered it eventually, I'm glad I was introduced to the story at age eight, and managed to read the book in full a year or two later. It's not a book that anyone in my family would have introduced me to, so I owe that boy a debt of gratitude.

This is the first book I remember reading growing up that truly stuck with me. I always pick it up and reread it at least once year. I love the cartoon and the short stories companion too. This is a must read for anyone!

To me, the rabbit mythology in it is the best part. I like the present-day rabbits, but El-ahrairah is an awe-inspiring character.

I read this book in college and loved it. Many years later, my family chose to listen to this audio book on a trip from Minnesota to Ohio. We all got pulled into the story and couldn't wait to get back to the car after breaks to listen to more. Good discussion of the story, too.

I love this book. I read it in a few days last spring. Want to reread it soon.

Some thirty years ago when I read this fabulous book, I wept when it was finished....I did not want to leave the rare and wonderful world it had taken me into.

I read this book when I was about ten years old. I had to write a review about it and I remember writing, 'One of the best books I have ever read," I 've read a lot more since then, but that statement is still true. An awesome story.

I love the book and have read it numerous times. Recently I ordered the audio for my Kindle and love listening to it as well.

I thought it was truly inspired. A book that stands out as one of the best I have ever read in a long life of reading.

I'm reading this book again because it is so awesome. :)

I first saw the cartoon as a boy and then read the book and loved both.

I read this book when I was 18, was blown away by it, and still have it 31 years later. I want to read it again.

I loved this book so much. I have a copy in my library for my daughter to read. Her 3rd grade teacher told her that she locked herself in the bathroom to finish this book undisturbed. I was reminded of the Nazis when I read this book.

I first saw the movie when I was young(er) and I remember sobbing my eyes out at the end, after maturing and reading the book, the emotional pull is still very strong

As a child, my Mum would read to us every Saturday morning. One of the many books she read was Watership Down. I was enthralled with the book. Years later I read it as an young adult and again as an adult. Each time getting more out of it. I eventually "borrowed" her copy when I moved out on my own. I literally read it until it fell apart. I also enjoyed the sequels.

I read this book when I was a teenager, to this day it is my favorite book. It is one of the few books I love that I have never re-read. It is so magical in my memory that I simply cannot read it a second time.

The very best book I have ever read. It has stuck with me since I read it a couple of years ago, and it is easy to get attached to the characters. A very enjoyable read.

I love both the book and the film but I can't read/watch it alone, I first read it when I was about eight and it gave me terrible nightmares, still does. A wonderful book, but terrifies me.

Gosh, really? I've tried to read this book so many times and come away bored out of my mind. The funny thing is, my favorite book ever is The Wind in the Willows. You would think I'd grok this like crazy. I know I'll try again, as I do every few years, so I will never get rid of my copy. What's the appeal? The prose or the plot?

i hated the weird, creepy movie.

I love this book as much as The Plague Dogs