This is more than just a story about cute bunnies, it's an epic adventure containing a great journey, war and a whole people of bunnies with their own culture and religion.

Cleverly told, this is the story of Hazel, who saves his people and proves himself as a leader, of Fiver, whose prophecies brought salvation more than once and a lot of other unique members of a group that grows closer together while they work towards a better life. All the characters have an opportunity to prove their worth and all of them are different, interesting and well-defined. It was easy to root for any of them which made any danger even more exiting to read about.

I heard a lot about this story before reading it: that it's partly to brutal for children, that it's well written, and I agree with that, but no one really seems to talk about how this handles religion. The whole story reminded me of bible stories, both in scope and in its topic, and the believe of the bunnies plays an important part in their life. It's totally possible to enjoy this story if your anti- or non-religious, though, which I think is great.

I thoroughly enjoyed this. The characters were interesting and relatable, the story felt big and was fun to read even when things were really terrifying and I loved how we really got to understood everyones belives and how they think.
Only thing I can criticize is how females were mostly talked about as if they were lower animals, like cattle, for most of the book. This only changes when we got some female characters late in the book. However, this could be seen as a parallel to religious stories, maybe this in even intentional, since this book seems like its author is aware of all the things it does.

Highly recommended :)