Watership Down

An enjoyable adventure story that certainly surpassed my expectations - I did not expect a book about rabbits journeying through the country to have quite so much depth. It's insightful, and brutal, and dark at times - for example:

“Well, if you want a doe, you have one—any doe in the Mark, that is. We're not officers for nothing, are we? The does are under orders and none of the bucks can stop you.”

And I thought this was a kids' book!

It gets 3 stars because it took forever to get into and I didn't feel warmth for the characters. I was hoping to feel some sort of magical connection to this book since it regularly features on lists of favourites, but I simply found it to be pleasant reading, and I'm not sad it's over.