The Forest of Hands and Teeth (Forest of Hands and Teeth, Bk 1)
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Genres: Teen & Young Adult, Horror
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: Teen & Young Adult, Horror
Book Type: Hardcover
Helpful Score: 1
The central characters in this young adult zombie/romance novel are: Mary, Cass, Travis and Harry. What a terrible beauty this book was.
The Return is the cause of the Unconsecrated [the zombies:]. Mary has lived her life surrounded by he Forest of Hands and Teeth. Enclosed by the safety of fences, Guardians and the strict ruling of the Sisterhood. The Sisterhood control the village's knowledge of the world, before and after, The Return. They are the backbone of faith and hope.
The basis of Mary's urge to want more from life than to perpetuate the survival of the village, is her mother's stories about the ocean. Events that take place force Mary to decide. Reach for childhood dreams or grow up and serve as wife/mother.
The constanst threat of the Unconstecrated, Mary's struggle with her feelings for someone she cannot have. Each time you think one issue is resolved, it gets worse, and something is added to it. I know there is a literary term for this action.
Carrie Ryan does a fine job of immediately developing her characters [as seen through Mary's POV:]. The world after the Return shrinks down to the safety of the fences surroundng the village, in the middle of the Forest of Hands and Teeth. There will always be someone that doesn't conform to the society around them. That wants more than the rules say they can have and are willing to face the Forest of Hands and Teeth and see a way out
The Return is the cause of the Unconsecrated [the zombies:]. Mary has lived her life surrounded by he Forest of Hands and Teeth. Enclosed by the safety of fences, Guardians and the strict ruling of the Sisterhood. The Sisterhood control the village's knowledge of the world, before and after, The Return. They are the backbone of faith and hope.
The basis of Mary's urge to want more from life than to perpetuate the survival of the village, is her mother's stories about the ocean. Events that take place force Mary to decide. Reach for childhood dreams or grow up and serve as wife/mother.
The constanst threat of the Unconstecrated, Mary's struggle with her feelings for someone she cannot have. Each time you think one issue is resolved, it gets worse, and something is added to it. I know there is a literary term for this action.
Carrie Ryan does a fine job of immediately developing her characters [as seen through Mary's POV:]. The world after the Return shrinks down to the safety of the fences surroundng the village, in the middle of the Forest of Hands and Teeth. There will always be someone that doesn't conform to the society around them. That wants more than the rules say they can have and are willing to face the Forest of Hands and Teeth and see a way out
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