The Plague Dogs

A Novel

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Paperback, 416 pages

English language

Published Nov. 28, 2006 by Ballantine Books.

ISBN:
978-0-345-49402-3
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4 stars (7 reviews)

Richard Adams, the author of Watership Down, creates a lyrical and engrossing tale, a remarkable journey into the hearts and minds of two canine heroes, Snitter and Rowf.

After being horribly mistreated at a government animal research facility, Snitter and Rowf escape into the isolation--and terror--of the wilderness. Aided only by a fox they call ''the Tod,'' the two dogs must struggle to survive in their new environment. When the starving dogs attack some sheep, they are labeled ferocious man-eating monsters, setting off a great dog hunt that is later intensified by the fear that the dogs could be carriers of the bubonic plague.

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5 stars

I rarely write reviews of my favorite books. First of all because English is not my native language and second because I don't think I'm that good for it.

First I heard about Richard Adams was when listening to a band called Fall Of Efrafa (crust punk/sludge metal) which I loved! All their albums had weird names like "Inle", "Owsla", "Elil" and after I listened them for some time I did a search on google to find out what Efrafa was. So I found out about Watership Down and devoured it.

Then I found out about The Plague Dogs, but somehow didn't have the time for it because of all the other books I read lately. So, I started 2019 with it and... WHAT A BOOK!!!

I confess that being a dog owner and being a dog lover the whole story hit me hard. Adams is very good at describing …

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5 stars

"The Plague Dogs" features some of Adams' strongest character building and dialogue, and some of his worst pacing.

It's hard to write about a subject that you feel passionate about, and Adams takes every opportunity that he can to hammer one thing into your skull: "vivisection is bad". In a stroke of humor, he even gives the research facility that preforms said vivisection the acronym "A.R.S.E". Like, I agree with him and everything, but it just comes across as somewhat preachy when it doesn't have to be.

Whatever problems the narration has is easily balanced out with how likable and naturally doggish the two main characters are. Snitter and Rowf are easily my favorite Adams characters.

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