My sister gave me this book for Christmas. I had adopted a rabbit (who was bound for slaughter) over the summer so I was especially interested in reading this book.

As it takes place in southern England some of the terms and style of writing were unfamiliar with me, but I got used to it after the first hundred pages or so.

Overall a great book for anyone. And you do actually learn quite a few facts about rabbits that might come in handy at some point!

We often wonder if animals communicate and this book allows you to put those thoughts into a fantasy reality. A great adventure story that will make you laugh and cry.

Article on Today show about Fiver, the rabbit. A man had read the book as a boy and was influenced by the story to start Fiver Camps and a Fiver Foundation. It takes young people 7 or 8 in the summer and; not only works with them in the summer, but the counselors and others follow these young people for 10 years and they have finished school and choose a path to follow. There is a liason with the home, school, young person in all aspects of growth. All because of a wonderful story "Watership Down" written years ago.

2nd time I've read this beautiful novel. It is captivating to the point of chores not getting done. You're there in the warren and you've become one of the family.

Watership Down, a book that defies all normality in your normal about animals. The epic story of Fiver, a brave, second-sighted rabbit who predicts of a terrible danger that is about to fall upon the warren. As many of the rabbits doubt him, a few rabbits that do believe him follow him on an epic journey towards a place that is away from all danger, a promised land of sorts. Through out the perilous journey, the rabbits discover how to hold on together and find the place of their ambitions. Watership Down is a must read book, filled with adventure, romance (sort of), mythology, and lots more. It's Lord of the Rings with bunnies. Richard Adams is genius to manage to create a whole society of rabbits with their own language, religion, form of government, and human-like emotions. This makes "Homeward Bound" seem like a cake walk compared to what these rabbits have gone through. You must read Watership Down, it's like nothing you have ever read before. This book also has memorable characters, such as Kehaar, the white seagull who is the comedy relief of this book with his strange accent and tendencies to go off in a funny fit of rage or Bigwig, one of the rabbits who seems cold, but actually has a heart of gold. Watership Down, the book that is even too good for the kiddies to read.