Watership Down

Executive Summary: After a bit of a slow start for me, I found this to be a really enjoyable adventure story.

Audiobook: Ralph Cosham does a really good job with the narration. He adds a few voices and has a good reading voice that makes this a book that works really well in audio.

Full Review
This book has been on my to read list for awhile. In fact I've owned not one but two copies for years. I'm not sure why it took me so long to get around to it. I was motivated to finally read it by the release of the new Netflix mini-series.

Initially I was concerned that a story about rabbits was not going to keep my interest, but it ended up working really well. I did find the start a bit slow, but once I got into it I found myself really attached to all the rabbits. I particularly like Hazel, Fiver and Bigwig. But most of the rabbits were pretty memorable.

This book could easily be a coming of age story, or just an adventure story and not fantasy if was about people and not rabbits. However I don't think it would have felt nearly as epic, or the adventure nearly as compelling had that been the case.

This book is written for a younger audience, but done in such a way as to be a compelling read for older people as well. The rabbits are just so well written that you get swept along in the story and don't

I think my favorite aspect of the book was the stories within the stories. Anytime the rabbits would stop and tell stories about the cleverness and cunning of El-ahrairah. All but one of these stories were incredibly enjoyable. The final story was harder to listen to.

I'm glad I finally got around to reading this book and shouldn't have waited so long. It's truly an excellent epic adventure tale.