Un Urs reviewed The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams
Richard Adams, the author of Watership Down, creates a lyrical and engrossing tale, a remarkable …
Review of 'The Plague Dogs' on 'Storygraph'
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 …
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 the ordeals of the two dogs and their adventures. He's also good at painting the human character. He's also very good at dragging you in the action, in the way the animals might "understand" this world and life. Another thing I liked about this book was the suspense of each chapter and the way the author leaves parts of the story hanging and then tells it from the perspective of the humans ot the other way around...
All in all, this book is a wonder, a very good story that should make anyone think about what we do to animals in order to make our lives better and if it's really worth it.
