Watership Down by Richard Adams

Hi again everybody, I finally finished another book! (Of course that's not saying much as I still have many to go).

Watership Down is a book about rabbits, it's told in the narrative style of rabbits and its main characters are of the lapine persuasion. I though this was going to be my book club's book for a while but no, I'm sure we'll think of something though.

These rabbits start out living an OK life in the Sandleford warren. However, things are not always as they seem, join Fiver, Hazel, Bigwig and a host of others as they journey from their dangerous warren to a better place where they can make a new life. Now, Fiver is a rabbit possessed of extraordinary powers, mostly of premonition. He senses something has gone wrong and has a dream of the warren being in danger so he goes to their Chief Rabbit to attempt to evacuate the warren that they might all survive. When his entreaties fail he and a small group of rabbits set out, leaving their home, to escape Fiver's prophecy. Now, whether Fiver's Prophecy comes to pass and something does happen to the warren, I will leave for the story to tell.

I will tell you this, on their journey they encounter many perils, will they reach the mysterious destination in Fiver's dream? or are they destined to wander the hills forever? You'll just have to read and find out, really I've said too much already.

An adventure fraught with peril for Fiver, Hazel, Bigwig and their rabbit friends this story is gripping from the off and it only keeps you wanting more.

I give a hearty recommendation for this book any day (and not just because I like rabbits) it's a wonderfully crafted narrative, if a bit hard to get through at times, I won't lie. It's got quite a bit of exposition and the lapine language thrown in but it is a good read and the lapine vocabulary only makes it better and serves to tell the story, without it the story wouldn't be the same.

Now, my reviews may slow down (not that they've been frequent, per se) as it is the July session of Camp NaNo but I will do my best to read a lot and review as often as I can.

Until next time keep reading and writing and for Frith's sake comment and tweet and give me books to read!