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I first read Watership Down by richard adams as a teenager and I was enthralled by the way there was almost no human activity in the book at all . Adams must be very passionate about animals to be able to write about them in this way .

Anyway recently I found a box set by him at a car boot sale and Im about a quarter of the way through the Plague Dogs yet again very animal orientated the two dogs have escaped from an animal testing facility one has been plunged into a tank of water daily to see how long it will fight to stay alive which was so traumatic for me to read about ive had to put it down for a while but not for long as its too good not to read.

Its been over 25 years since I read "Watership Down". Great book. "The Plague Dogs" made me cry. Great stuff.

Watership Down is one of my all time favorite books. It is one of the few books I have ever read twice. I first read it when I was like 12 which is almost 20 years ago and I still remember most of the details and characters in that book. The sequal to that book was not nearly as good.

Watership Down gave me the creeps in parts!
Haven't finished Plague Dogs as I just couldn't get into it.
Haven't been able to get into Shardik either.

"Watership Down" was a great book and I don't usually like animal stories.