 In similar vein , literary critic Jane Resh Thomas stated that Watership Down " draws upon ... an anti @-@ feminist social tradition which , removed from the usual human context and imposed upon rabbits , is eerie in its clarity . " Thomas did find much to admire about Watership Down , calling it a " splendid story " . For her , its " anti @-@ feminist bias ... damages the novel in only a minor way . " She later explained : " I wrote about Watership Down because I was angry and hurt when I read the book . ... I felt he [ Adams ] had treated me and my kind with a contempt I couldn 't be silent about . " 
