[ SECRET POST #4142 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4142 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

YES, THANK YOU

Watership Down is a lot like The Hobbit-- originally a story told to the author's children, with an epic quest, some conlang and worldbuilding goodness, and yes, plenty of darkness and sadness along the way, but ultimately a beautiful story with beautiful prose that doesn't talk down to a child audience.

GENERATIONS of children's lit was page upon page of small text that may or may not be illustrated. Adults read it to their children, and older children could read it to themselves, but the format doesn't make it not a children's book.

If your kid is ready to listen to The Hobbit, as I did at my own father's knee once upon a time, then that same kid is probably ready for Watership Down. It's worth re-reading as an adult, or even at different points in your adulthood, you'll get new things out of it, but it's not not-for-children.

(However, the cartoon is not for very young and sensitive kiddies! It's good and the scary/dark parts are often exaggerated, but like... that's the part that sticks with you if you see it when you're not ready for it, so it's not unfair to remember the movie as being a lot bloodier than it is. The book has exciting parts and scary parts and even sad parts, but it also doesn't deserve its reputation as the bunny death march story, like, at ALL)

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think people are saying "not a children's book" to mean "inappropriate for children." More that it seems to be classified as a general fiction book (and there's nothing wrong with children reading general fiction) rather than one aimed primarily at children.

So some people are saying, it's for anyone, including but not limited to children, and you're saying it's for children, and adults can reread it but it's mostly for children. That isn't the same as arguing over whether or not children are "ready" to read it.