Radical Reviews

Watership Down
By Richard Adams
Copyright 1972

Watership Down is about a society of rabbits. One of the rabbits, Fiver, can sense bad things before they happen. Fiver gets a strange feeling that sends prickles down his spine. He senses that something terrible is going to befall their warren. He confides in his brother ,Hazel, and together they lead a group of rabbits, who are willing to leave, away from their home. They face many dangers, while Fiver, speaking of a beautiful home far away, go away in his mind. The Rabbits are pushed to get to this place, and they only barely make it, as they are not used to traveling far. In their new home, they face many hardships and they go through many different adventures. This is a pretty difficult book, but all the time taken reading it is well spent. Watership Down is my all-time favorite book. It has thrilling action, but it is not only action. I think everyone should read this wonderful novel.