Watership Down

[Anonymous No.1521018]

What does /lit/ think of Richard Adams's Watership Down.

Personally, I am very fond of this book. I also enjoy the band Fall of Efrafa which deals with the politcal undertones of Watership Down.

[Kimmo Alm !!TAPh5M5QXV0 No.1521032]

Love it. Any book from an animal's point of view tends to be highly enjoyable for me.

[Anonymous No.1521033]

It's good, but I totally see that it's insensitive to feminism.

[Anonymous No.1521088]

I like that book and that band.

And to say that it is insensitive to feminism is taking the allegory way too literally, they are still animals. And the female rabbit who leads the escape from Efrafa is obviously legit as balls.

Captain Campion and Blackavar are my favourite characters.

[Anonymous No.1521094]

>>1521088
I don't think you've looked up the feminist criticism of it.

[Anonymous No.1521155]

>>1521094

So? I've read the book. Paraphrase the criticism for me.

[Anonymous No.1521157]

Only read (and enjoyed) Plague dogs by Adams, vuz apparently Watership is nowhere to be found in my country

[Anonymous No.1521158]

I've read it, and I really enjoyed it. I have a mind like a sieve though so I can only remember vague details.

[Anonymous No.1521159]

>>1521155
The book is based on I think it's called "The Private Life of Rabbits", where it's shown the role of the doe is to start the new burrows, and that, in general, rabbits are pretty matriarchal creatures. That the book goes against this very clear dynamic is pretty dumb.

While people often respond "oh but it's just about animals", it misrepresents the animals and imposes a very different dynamic on them. There isn't any good reason to have changed that dynamic either, as far as I can see.

[Anonymous No.1521180]

The animated film made me cry when I was little.

[Anonymous No.1521190]

Love it. Non-anthropomorphic animals are cool.