Customer Reviews
Gave this to my daughter; she luvs it beautiful illustrations. Great older story. Oldie, but goodie
We ordered this book a couple weeks ago. My daughter read it once and the pages have come unglued from the binding. The pages are starting to fall out after one read. She loved it and the graphics are great but quality of binding is terrible. PLEASE FIX THE BINDING, find a new company to do it because the book would be great if not for that.
This is an enjoyable rendition of Richard Adams' famous novel, following the adventures of a band of "out skirters" in search of a better life. Thankfully the blood and gore is toned down from what was shown in the 1978 movie, there is a little blood but it should be manageable for the target readership. The illustrations are beautiful, my only complaint is that it is hard to tell one rabbit from another. Hazel is especially bland and I can only tell it is him by reading the context. It is mostly faithful to the book, the movie made quite a few changes but they are not seen in this version. The book is hefty and the pages are made of thick, durable material so It should last a while.
Richard Adams’ classic Watership Down is brought to lustrous life by James Sturm & Joe Sutphin in this new graphic novel. I first read Adams’ novel in ninth grade and absolutely loved it. Finding this graphic novel was a real treat.The story follows Hazel and his brother Fiver. Fiver is a bunny with the dubious gift of prophecy. Following a harrowing vision of the destruction of the Sandleford warren, Hazel and Fiver leave to find a new home. A few others from the warren like Bigwig, Silver, and Blackberry join them. From the perils of a road, to the insidiousness of Cowslip’s warren and the terrors of the restrictive Efrafa, their adventures to find a new home are fraught with danger. But despite all that, new friends abound and in the end a new home is found.This book stays true to the original in its themes, with the different warrens representing different styles of human government. Death and violence play a large part, as do friendship and cooperative efforts. The latter is especially important as it doesn't just apply to the rabbits. There's interspecies cooperation too. Perhaps the greatest example is that between the rabbits and the black-headed gull Kehaar. If the bunnies can do this, certainly people can.If you enjoyed the original novel, enjoy animal stories in general, or charming graphic novels, be sure to check out this gem! Highly recommended.
i absolutely love it and it cam early its a great book i olso got the original to i absolutely recommend!
