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Summary: If you havn't read this yet, don't let these other...
Review: Hello, my name is Justin, I'm superior in intelligence to all these people, If you havn't read Watership Down or Tales from Watership Down yet, and are thinking of buying the book because all these reviewers say that this book is the best they've ever read, don't listen to them, they are errogant and like WD for all the wrong reasons, they like it because of the poetry, unneccessary descriptions, and think that the author is trying to use rabbits to symbolize humans. WAKE UP YOU BLOCKHEADS! He just wrote a good book about rabbits that go on an adventure, that's all, and another thing, It's a good book, but you people have no reason to be obsessed, well, obsessed is describing you people too lightly, I'd almost expect for you to convert your religion and start worshipping frith and el-ahraira, you people need to get a life, there are other things more worthy of being obsessed over, and though this is a good book, there are better books, want me to tell you about some? How about Robert C. O'brien 1972 Newberry medal winner, or hhhhhhhmmmmmm... anything else? you find out. I am not telling you that Watership Down is a bad book. no. It is a good book. It will probably end up on your top 20 or even 10 list. I'm just saying is that these other people are a bit too obsessed and their life has been taken over by these frith worshippin' lapine talkin' rabbits and have really lost it. If you listen to them they will bring you to the dark side.
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Summary: It isn't the first one but its still great.
Review: Richard Adams did it again! This is a must buy. It isn't a full story but it has a lot of their folklore which is very interesting and worth reading a second time, in fact I read it in one day! It also has some tales to keep you up on how our little rabbit friends are doing.
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Summary: Sorrowfully disappointed
Review: If you have read the reviews which are favorable, and are still hopeful that this book is even similar in its scope and depth to the first novel, you may be sorely disappointed. I had put off reading this book for a long while, having heard how awful it is, but I finally gave in to boredom and borrowed my brother's copy (which he had liked so little that he had left it discarded at my parents' home). From the onset, I could tell that it would be a dull read, and indeed it was. I could scarecely imagine that Adams, such an imaginative author, had actually penned this! It was haphazard in arrangement, with none of the description and depth which I know Adams could have portrayed. The characters seemed only shadows of what they had once been, and the dialog and plot strained and forced. It was as if Adams had bowed to his publishers and written this sequel to appease them only, and not because he felt it would make a good story. I was astounded to see an entirely different mood... one that seemed more human that rabbit (and readers of the first book wil know that Adams CAN portray rabbits convincingly). It almost seemed to contradict the first story in some ways (such as the violent reaction to a hutch-kept rabbit in the story "Stonecrop"), and just seemed like so much FILLER. The characters were lost, the new rabbits introduced were hollow, the stories were seemingly pulled from the air with no thought or reason, the legends were obviously meant to be analogies (there was no sublety as in the first work) but instead were blatant, and it just seemed EMPTY. I hae been completely disheartened by this book, and am almost angry at Adams for having allowed it to be published. One can tell that he put little thought into it. The vivid descriptions, realistic characters, and the astounding submergence into the lapine world which made Watership Down my favorite novel were not only absent... they were almost opposite of what I found in Tales.
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Summary: Sure, it's not Watership Down, but still an excellent read.
Review: I have just been reading some reviews of this, which go from excellent to awful in terms of how it is. I first would say that I have never encountered an author with the imagination of Mr. Adams. He is brilliant. Read WD. Read "Shardik". Read "The Plague Dogs". Read "Maia". I found the stories here wonderful and fascinating. El-ahrairah does not come off as a begger as some reviewers have said, but more of an epic hero than in WD. His journeys after the encounter with the Black Rabbit of Inle are indeed epic in scope and content. The "Rabbit's Ghost Story" was chilling and the tale of El-ahrairah's journey to the Kingdom of Yesterday, where a bison rules over all the animals and plants that were ever extinct is true genius. Enchanting writing. I found part III of the book a welcome return to much loved characters. Yes, this is not "Watership Down". Mr. Adams could never write something like that again. No one could. Trying to write a sequel to it is like someone writing a sequel to Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables" (which someone did a few years back: it was awful!) or writing a sequel to Tolstoy's "War And Peace". It just can't be done. What this book is is a wonderful companion and extension to the original story. I am further enriched by it and shall continue to look at those rabbits in the grassy meadow near my house with perpetual wonder and respect.
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Summary: OK, but nowhere near Watership Down in plot and suspense
Review: This book was so-so, and I think the main reason I was disappointed with it was simply the fact that I read it after reading Watership Down. Watership Down is amazing; great character development and a plot which had me on the edge of my seat near the end! I was so enthralled with the book I put 'Tales' on my Christmas list last year. Well, 'Tales' is set up in three separate parts, and you don't even really get any type of follow-up to Watership until the third part of the book, and for me it just didn't have anywhere near the oomph that the original story did. Fans of the El-Ahrairah fables told in the first book should be pleased since more new fables make up a good chunk of 'Tales'. However, if you were left breathless after Bigwig's breakout of Efrafa with the does in the original Watership and you're hoping for more exciting adventures, you may be somewhat let down like I was.
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Summary: a VERY WONDERFUL BOOK
Review: I THINK THAT TALES FROM WATERSHIP DOWN WAS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I HAVE EVER READ. I LOVED THE ORIGINAL BOOK AND THE MOVIE, SO WHEN I SAW IT I LIKED IT. IT GETS A GREAT RATING FROM ME. GO, HYZENTHLAY AND THEMMERON!
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Summary: It is the best book which I have ever read!
Review: I don't know why everyone is comparing this book to the origonal book, they should look at it by itself. I have never read the first watership down, and i'm sure that it is also a good book. I liked many parts of watership downm but i only have one favortie. I especially liked the tales told anout the rabbit legend Elahria. I enjoyed the book greatly, and feel that it is the best book which I have ever read in my life. I hope to read more books by Richard Adams, and plan to enjoy his others.
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Summary: A brilliant sequel to "Watership Down"
Review: If you have ever read Watership Down and you loved that, then read Tales from Watership Down. It is a brilliant sequel to a brilliant book!!
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Summary: I thought this book was very fascinating and adventurous.
Review: When I first started reading this book I didn't think I would like it very much but after I got so far in I couldn't put it down. As a matter of fact I read it in 2 1/2 days. And what helped stay interested in this book is that I raise rabbits and I could picture it really happening .
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I must say, I was disappointed with this book. It seemed to me that Adams didn't really bother to re-read Watership Down before he wrote it. The characters seem to have blander, flatter, altered personalities. There is moralizing, pontificating and preachiness. The rabbits, who questioned what on earth a camel was in the Tale of Rowsby Woof and the Fairy Wogdog, suddenly have a story featuring all the exotic and far-away animals Man has extincted (as if they would have a clue about this!) Prince Rainbow, the enemy and jailor of the rabbits, is suddenly their helpful friend! Completely unrabbitlike things are done casually, such as riding on another animal's back.The thing that gets me the most, though, is that Elairhrairah (forgot the spelling) no longer does his remarkable deeds with the cleverness of his own quick wits, but by the use of magic! This obliviates the whole concept behind the rabbit legends in the previous book. (Be clever and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed. Oh, and don't forget your magic wand and glass slippers!) I agree with those who say Adams did this mainly as a way to churn more cash from his old work. That and a chance to do a little more human-bashing where people would listen to it.
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