Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780679451259
ISBN: 0679451250
Label: Alfred a Knopf
Manufacturer: Alfred a Knopf
Number Of Pages: 267
Publication Date: 1996-10
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Studio: Alfred a Knopf
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If you have read Watershipdown and really enjoyed it then you should definately think about reading this. great little stories about the rabbits. some intrigueing, some whimsical others Blacky horrorfying.
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The only chapter i thoroughly enjoyed was the passage about Flyairth and her paranoia. However, I don't really like the fact that rabbits are allowed to laugh. Also, how come Hyzenthlay, Thethuthinnang and Vilthuril talk of the Secret River they saw in Efrafa, before Bigwig arrived, when they had no idea what one was in Watership Down. We haven't heard much from the hutchrabbits either. Not bad otherwise.
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This book is not very similar to the original novel, which is what I think makes it so interesting and worthwhile to read. I definitely prefer the original, but I believe this work has something important to say. Each of the tales is worthy of the telling and the reading. I probably will not re-read this as I have the original work, but I don't think I should be comparing this novel to the original one in this review. This is good storytelling in-and-of itself and does not need to be ... Read More
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I remeber trying to read this as a kid, and completly giving up. Recently I have been reading and re-reading all the books in my library. I never read Watership Down, and maybe that's why I had such a hard time reading this one. I found the stories completly unconnected, some of the charechters not at all well developed, and the plots horrible. For example, just at the right moment in one quest, when the rabbit was ready to dispair, a bird comes hopping along and gives the rabbit the answer. Then ... Read More
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This is such a brilliant book. I have read this book more the eight times. I thought no other book could be as good as Watership Down. I was wrong. And if Richard Adams is reading this please write More Tales from Watership Down. I would buy it
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