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Watership Down
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Ah, this harkens me back to my tween days, when I used to read 30+ installments of Erin Hunter’s Warrior Cats series per year. Thank god I didn’t have unfettered access to the internet back then or I may have ended up on some niche forum calling myself “Bramblepaw� or something.
Watership Down is a lot more mature and meaningful than Warrior Cats, although I do find it interesting that stories about animals tend to have one thing in common: humans are the enemy.
I enjoyed this very much despite the length (it did drag at times). Can’t wait to try out the animated series adaptation.
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bookshelves: classics, ensemble-cast, fairytale-vibes, brs-done, film-adapted, too-long, middle-grade, pgs-over-500, machalo-tbr-2023, pub-pre-2000
Jun 06, 2023
bookshelves: classics, ensemble-cast, fairytale-vibes, brs-done, film-adapted, too-long, middle-grade, pgs-over-500, machalo-tbr-2023, pub-pre-2000
“All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.�
Ah, this harkens me back to my tween days, when I used to read 30+ installments of Erin Hunter’s Warrior Cats series per year. Thank god I didn’t have unfettered access to the internet back then or I may have ended up on some niche forum calling myself “Bramblepaw� or something.
Watership Down is a lot more mature and meaningful than Warrior Cats, although I do find it interesting that stories about animals tend to have one thing in common: humans are the enemy.
I enjoyed this very much despite the length (it did drag at times). Can’t wait to try out the animated series adaptation.
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“All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.”
― Watership Down
― Watership Down
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Nice review, Helen! I tend to agree with the "humans are the enemy" theory for the most part. Sadly there are some horrible humans out there. There are also some awesome humans out there trying to change that fact.
Jassmine wrote: "...although I do find it interesting that stories about animals tend to have one thing in common: humans are the enemy.I mean... we are pretty bad 🤭"
Yeah true
Jan wrote: "Nice review, Helen! I tend to agree with the "humans are the enemy" theory for the most part. Sadly there are some horrible humans out there. There are also some awesome humans out there trying to ..."That's the optimistic take!! ^^
I alway love that line, And if they catch you, they will kill you, but first they must catch you, so cool
Nice review :) I loved this one when I read it as a teen, but haven't reread it since.
Alan wrote: "I alway love that line, And if they catch you, they will kill you, but first they must catch you, so cool"Be cunning and full of tricks! Yes I adore that line. My favorite part of the book was the stories/fables
Alexandra wrote: "Nice review :) I loved this one when I read it as a teen, but haven't reread it since."Thanks :)
I've had this on my TBR for ages! I plan to read the book before I watch the series! Great review, Helen!😊
Thanks Sujoya, I hope you enjoy it too
Ah, I haven't seen this cover in forever! So many memories! 😆Wonderful review, Helen! ❤️ Hope the animated version will be live up as a faithful adaptation! 😃
Amina, did you read this a long time ago? :) I’m glad I finally caught up and read it!
Funny review, Helen! I think that Bramblepaw is a cool name, actually - glad you enjoyed this one!
@A omg 🙈🙈 it’s no Firestar hahaha
Helen, I also felt a bit of nostalgia from Warrior Cats! And I wasn’t as lucky as you in terms of not having the internet, I used to make warrior cats edits on instagram and they were absolutely horrendous 🙈
Carmen wrote: "Helen, I also felt a bit of nostalgia from Warrior Cats! And I wasn’t as lucky as you in terms of not having the internet, I used to make warrior cats edits on instagram and they were absolutely ho..."omg that's so funny!!! We all had that phase I think
I mean... we are pretty bad 🤭