I recently finished reading Watership Down, having borrowed it from Caly. It was a good read, perhaps surprisingly so. For a book that's a rather even mix of exposition and dialog it's a fast read, probably because the storytelling is fairly compelling. There are moments it gets a bit bogged down, but those are few and far between. For a book that's based on uniting stories the author once told his children (like another more recent English author, J.K. Rowling), it's rich and cohesive with its own mythos and language. I don't think anyone seriously willing to give the book a try will be disappointed, and I think that one day I will buy a copy so my own children can read it.
Mood: Thoughtful
Music: Queen: "Son and Daughter"
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