QuietCat finished reading Watership Down by Richard Adams

Watership Down by Richard Adams
A worldwide bestseller for over thirty years, Watership Down is one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set …
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A worldwide bestseller for over thirty years, Watership Down is one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set …
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Three children listen to their adult cousin tell them a story about Tooth Fairies while waiting anxiously through a giant storm.
This is a pretty cute book. I'm not sure I'm a real fan of the cuts between the story being told in-universe, and what was going on "in real life." I think I ultimately would have preferred the in universe story to be standalone. That said, I was left pretty disappointed that we got no actual resolution to the "in real life" plotline. I get that it isn't the point, but since it didn't tie extremely strongly to the themes of the story-in-a-story (at least, not that I felt was overt), it didn't feel good to be left dangling in that regard.
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I was very much into this book at first. The world building is good, and the first few chapters have pretty fantastic prose and character introductions. It definitely will suck you in. However, towards the later half of the book I found myself feeling a bit disappointed with how some of the characters, and their relationships to each other, developed. Particularly Elo, who I grew to increasingly dislike despite my best wishes. It does end on a fairly good note--this book is definitely more of a 3.5 than a 3. If it weren't for those flagging and awkward moments, it could have easily been a 4. I just didn't feel compelled to hurry and read …
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I was very much into this book at first. The world building is good, and the first few chapters have pretty fantastic prose and character introductions. It definitely will suck you in. However, towards the later half of the book I found myself feeling a bit disappointed with how some of the characters, and their relationships to each other, developed. Particularly Elo, who I grew to increasingly dislike despite my best wishes. It does end on a fairly good note--this book is definitely more of a 3.5 than a 3. If it weren't for those flagging and awkward moments, it could have easily been a 4. I just didn't feel compelled to hurry and read the next installation, though.
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