My theme this month is about how to write different kinds of scenes, so my prompt is a bookish question: recommend books with the best action scenes. Of course, everyone will interpret “best” in their own way. For me, the best action scenes let me feel what the POV character is experiencing during the action while also being perfectly oriented in the story world. Even if the action gets chaotic, I understand which characters are involved and what setting they’re in.
The fantasy “Watershed Down” by Richard Adams has some exceptional action that meet the above qualifications. The remarkable thing about these action scenes is that the POV characters are rabbits. And yet Mr. Adams has created such vivid characters that I’m carried along with the emotions of the action scenes.
So put your recommendations for books with the best action scenes below.
