"Hazel-rah! Hazel-rah!"

Watership Down by Richard Adams
Date Finished: April 4, 2011
Number of Pages: 476
Rating: 5 out of 5 (possibly more)
Books Toward Goal: 3 out of 25 (12%)

Watership Down is about a group of rabbits who leave their old home in search of a new warren.  They encounter many trials along their way, including elil (animals who hunt rabbits) and even dangerous rabbits.  They eventually come upon Watership Down and begin to build a warren, but there's one problem - they have no females.  They discover another warren not too far from their own, but when a small band of their rabbits try to communicate with them, they're taken captive.  Plans are formed and loyalty tested and it all leads up to an epic battle for Watership Down.

I loved Watership Down.  It had everything I love about books - deep characters, scary villains, fun exposition, intense action, everything!  I tried to pick a favorite character but I soon gave up, though I think I narrowed it down to five - Hazel, Fiver, Bigwig, Dandelion, and Blackberry.  I also really enjoyed the way Watership Down was written.  It was one of those books where you look back after you read it and realize that the plot was actually kind of slow but you never noticed while reading because it's full of interesting exposition.

I'd reccomend it to anyone who enjoys being sucked into really great books.

Oh, and I hear those a strange old movie of this book out there.  Here's a link to the trailer for this "unusual and provocative film".  It looks . . . interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZcHLpjiEdw