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Hare Moon (The Forest of Hands and Teeth 0.5)
by
Carrie Ryan (Goodreads Author)
Tabitha can’t shake the feeling that something exists beyond the fences of her village. And when she sneaks out, past the gates and down the path into the Forest of Hands and Teeth, she meets a boy who teaches her heart things she never knew. But love in a world surrounded by so much death doesn’t come without its sacrifices, and Tabitha gradually realizes just how much sh...more
Kindle Edition, 40 pages
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(first published March 23rd 2011)
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I'm wavering between 2 and 3 stars here, but because Carrie Ryan has written this story quite a few times already... 2 stars it is.
Don't get me wrong, I am a huge fan of Ryan's work. But this short story, based in the original The Forest of Hands and Teeth world, doesn't feel complete. This short introduces us to teenage Tabitha and her desire to leave the confines of her zombie surrounded village. Our view of Tabitha, her village and her feelings are told, rather than shown. Furthermore, we ar...more
Don't get me wrong, I am a huge fan of Ryan's work. But this short story, based in the original The Forest of Hands and Teeth world, doesn't feel complete. This short introduces us to teenage Tabitha and her desire to leave the confines of her zombie surrounded village. Our view of Tabitha, her village and her feelings are told, rather than shown. Furthermore, we ar...more
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I wasn't impressed with Hare Moon. I really love The Forest of Hands and Teeth books and was excited when a free short story was available on the Kindle.
It's short enough, and thank goodness for that. I felt detached throughout the entire book. It's written in third person, present tense, and I haven't read a book written in that perspective, as far as I'm aware. And maybe it's just because I wasn't used to it, but I thought the writing was stilted. It just didn't flow as well as it did for the...more
It's short enough, and thank goodness for that. I felt detached throughout the entire book. It's written in third person, present tense, and I haven't read a book written in that perspective, as far as I'm aware. And maybe it's just because I wasn't used to it, but I thought the writing was stilted. It just didn't flow as well as it did for the...more
Tabitha longs to escape from the village, and makes a game of sneaking out of the gate and along the paths, until she goes far enough to read a second gate. That is where she meets Patrick. She falls in love with Patrick during their monthly meetings, but after she is caught sneaking out and forced to become a nun in the church, Patrick misses several meetings. Tabitha hopes they will meet again and she can run away from the village with him. When Patrick finally shows up, during the Hare Moon,...more
I'm not usually big on short stories because they always feel like good ideas wasted on thirty-pages long literary frolics through the Cliche Jungle, but I guess I shouldn't have expected that to happen when it comes to Carrie Ryan - the woman is awesome, after all.
Tabitha's story (or should I say Sister Tabitha? I don't want to, though, because she grows into a bitter bitch by the time the events on Forest of Hands and Teeth take place and although I was still intrigued by her character when I...more
Tabitha's story (or should I say Sister Tabitha? I don't want to, though, because she grows into a bitter bitch by the time the events on Forest of Hands and Teeth take place and although I was still intrigued by her character when I...more
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Hare Moon is the prequel to The Forest of Hands and Teeth and it tells Sister Tabitha’s story. Some of this makes The Forest of Hands and Teeth make a little more sense because it is just another piece of the puzzle. Sister Tabitha, when she was younger, it turns out was very much like Mary (or should I say, turns out Mary was very much like a young Sister Tabitha). Tabitha feels a call to the forest, to see if there’s more to the outside world than what she’s always been told. She feels a call...more
This is a short story by Carrie Ryan the author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth.
*SPOILER ALERT*
It's a love story. It's about Tabitha as a teenager and how she becomes a nun when the town leaders decide that she is a dreamer so no man would want to marry her. She leaves the town out through one of the gates into the fenced paths. The unconsecrated always surround her. She ventures all the way to one of the gates. Here she meets Patrick, a boy from another village. They sit, chat and fall in love...more
*SPOILER ALERT*
It's a love story. It's about Tabitha as a teenager and how she becomes a nun when the town leaders decide that she is a dreamer so no man would want to marry her. She leaves the town out through one of the gates into the fenced paths. The unconsecrated always surround her. She ventures all the way to one of the gates. Here she meets Patrick, a boy from another village. They sit, chat and fall in love...more
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In Ryan's first book The Forest of Hands and Teeth we meet Sister Tabitha. Now in Hare Moon we finally see the story behind the egnimatic sister. It is story of love loss and impossible choices.
I love Carrie Ryan's books. In my opinion they are some of the best teen horror out there. I never pictured myself as a person who would enjoy zombie books, but Ryan's writing is brilliant. Her stories elicit the inherent fear that the image of the zombie is supposed to evoke.
While I love her novels, I f...more
I love Carrie Ryan's books. In my opinion they are some of the best teen horror out there. I never pictured myself as a person who would enjoy zombie books, but Ryan's writing is brilliant. Her stories elicit the inherent fear that the image of the zombie is supposed to evoke.
While I love her novels, I f...more
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I really didn't know what to expect when reading Hare Moon. I absolutely loved The Forest of Hands and Teeth series. It was the first zombie book I ever read and I loved it, and both of the sequels that follow it. However as much as I loved FoH&T Tabitha was without a doubt my least favourite character. I really disliked her so much and to find that this short story set years before FoH&T revolved around Tabitha, well it made me really reluctant to start readin...more
I really didn't know what to expect when reading Hare Moon. I absolutely loved The Forest of Hands and Teeth series. It was the first zombie book I ever read and I loved it, and both of the sequels that follow it. However as much as I loved FoH&T Tabitha was without a doubt my least favourite character. I really disliked her so much and to find that this short story set years before FoH&T revolved around Tabitha, well it made me really reluctant to start readin...more
Since this is a short story, this is just a little mini review. Hare Moon by Carrie Ryan is a short story that takes place before the first Forest of Hands and Teeth novel. In The Forest of Hands and Teeth, one of the characters we meet is Sister Tabitha, who is the leader of the Sisterhood in Mary’s village. For those who have not read it, the Sisterhood is a group of nuns, who are in charge of the village. While I still do not like Tabitha, I did like seeing how she got to where she was in the...more
I didn't expect much from this once I realized the writing tense was entirely different from that of the Forrest of Hands and Teeth series'.
Not being "in" Tabitha's head was quite a change, as we got to know, and encounter all the same things as the main characters of the series. Here, we are instead told what is happening, and it leaves us with more "but why's" than being able to assume why from what the character has already displayed for us.
Some have said the ending is the best part of this...more
Not being "in" Tabitha's head was quite a change, as we got to know, and encounter all the same things as the main characters of the series. Here, we are instead told what is happening, and it leaves us with more "but why's" than being able to assume why from what the character has already displayed for us.
Some have said the ending is the best part of this...more
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I was really excited to hear about this short story that takes place before THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH and is from the viewpoint of Sister Tabitha. It is a short story and not a full-length novel, so be warned it is a quick read.
Again, Carrie Ryan is very adept at drawing us into the world where a village stands in the middle of a forest surrounded by a fence and the Unconsecrated (zombies). The world building in this series has always been top notch and once again I was enthralled by the wor...more
Again, Carrie Ryan is very adept at drawing us into the world where a village stands in the middle of a forest surrounded by a fence and the Unconsecrated (zombies). The world building in this series has always been top notch and once again I was enthralled by the wor...more
Eh. I'm in the minority (yet again, it seems), but I was not a fan of this. Part of the problem here, I will admit, is that I just don't really like short stories in general. I think some folks actually do know how to write them well, but sadly most people do not. This one felt much more like a basic outline for a full-length novel than it did a fully-realized short story. There's NO character development, very little in the way of plot, and several situations that just didn't really seem believ...more
Apr 10, 2011
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Can I just say how much I love Carrie Ryan’s zombie-filled world? I LOVE IT. And she finally granted my wish of having some backstory to the Forest Village before the first book! YAY!
So here with have Sister Tabitha (who makes her appearance in the first book) and her own little backstory – and surprise! One of the reasons she’s so hard on Mary is because she herself was like Mary in that she wanted out of the Village and wanted to go out in the Forest to find freedom, and when she meets the boy...more
So here with have Sister Tabitha (who makes her appearance in the first book) and her own little backstory – and surprise! One of the reasons she’s so hard on Mary is because she herself was like Mary in that she wanted out of the Village and wanted to go out in the Forest to find freedom, and when she meets the boy...more
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Hmmm...I have to say this was a little odd, but for a REALLY quick read it wasn't too bad. Obviously everything was pretty rushed given the short 40 pgs., but Carrie Ryan did manage to draw me into the story more than I would have expected. I never read Forest of Hands and Teeth, so this was an entirely new world for me. I was drawn in by Tabitha's desire to see what lies beyond her sheltered life, and her fearlessness as she dares to go beyond the fences. She and Patrick had such a whirlwind ro...more
To save time I am simply pasting my review of the first book, it applies to the whole series.
The true test of a good book is whether or not I want to read the next book in the series. I read this book in one day, book two the next day, book three plus the short story (Prequel) the day after that!!! I know the subject matter might sound unappealing to some people, but it really was not handled in an overly graphic or gorey manner. The story focuses on the living and how they deal with this virus...more
The true test of a good book is whether or not I want to read the next book in the series. I read this book in one day, book two the next day, book three plus the short story (Prequel) the day after that!!! I know the subject matter might sound unappealing to some people, but it really was not handled in an overly graphic or gorey manner. The story focuses on the living and how they deal with this virus...more
This was my first short story and it was really exciting to see where Sister Tabitha came from. What made her into the wonderfully, terrifying woman she is in The Forest of Hands and Teeth. This is a great companion to the trilogy. My only complaint? I would love more of this story and even farther back. I want to learn everything there is to know about this world and what occurred during the moment of the Return. This whole world that Carrie Ryan has created is so very fascinating and I just wa...more
I enjoyed this story a lot more than I expected to, considering how much I usually detest zombie stories. The setting was richly detailed, believable, and consistent. I could relate to Tabitha's desire to escape the narrow confines of her life, especially after she met a boy and fell in love. This story sets up some really difficult and complex decisions, though, after that point. It's not an easy story, and none of the characters are perfect. The ending, as right as it is, isn't bright and sunn...more
If you have loved The Forest of Hands and Teeth Series, you will not want to miss out on this prequel. Looks like Mary wasn't the first girl to want to know what was beyond their little sheltered world. Tabitha has always dreamed of life outside of the fences and has always wanted to go through the gate to travel the fenced paths. Always thinking there has to be more – more survivors, more to see and more to experience. It's an interesting look at Tabitha as a teenager, because she is quite a di...more
This short story gives us the back story on Sister Tabitha. The problem with short stories is that they are short. While this story was good it really was just a tasty tidbit. I wanted more meat. I liked what little I read, but there just wasn't enough room in the story to really develop everything that needed to be developed. I felt like we really didn't get to the heart of why Tabitha became who she became. Sure she had her reasons, but were they really good enough? I finished it and was left...more
Ahora entiendo mucho mejor a la hermana Tabitha. El hecho de que ponga por delante el deber a lo que ella realmente anhela es algo que no todo el mundo sería capaz de hacer. Pero ella lo hace, con todas sus consecuencias.
Es un personaje del que me ha gustado saber su pasado. Ahora sí podré empezar Buscaré el Océano con todas las de la ley :P
Me encanta la ambientación, la prosa de Ryan, los personajes, los zombies... me está sorprendiendo mucho todo el asunto (para bien, por supuesto).
Quizás me...more
Es un personaje del que me ha gustado saber su pasado. Ahora sí podré empezar Buscaré el Océano con todas las de la ley :P
Me encanta la ambientación, la prosa de Ryan, los personajes, los zombies... me está sorprendiendo mucho todo el asunto (para bien, por supuesto).
Quizás me...more
This story is about Sister Tabitha from Carrie Ryan’s book The Forest of Hands and Feet (TFoHT) so I guess it is a prequel or backstory. At the beginning I felt sorry for the young Tabitha. She wants to know what is outside the fences and her parents don’t treat her very nicely. However by the end of it, I just went back to my original thoughts of her from TFoHT. She is just plain mean and nasty. I just can’t understand why she did what she did but can now understand her attitude towards Mary in...more
I read and reviewed this story within the anthology Kiss Me Deadly. It was one of my favorite stories in the anthology. Here is my review from that:
Set in the world of her Forest of Hands and Teeth books. Tabitha, who I can only deduce is the Sister Tabitha of the Convent, is the main character in this story. It gives her history of how she became the seemingly hard, cold woman who puts the safety of their town over everything else. This story is excellent. It is so well written and heart render...more
Set in the world of her Forest of Hands and Teeth books. Tabitha, who I can only deduce is the Sister Tabitha of the Convent, is the main character in this story. It gives her history of how she became the seemingly hard, cold woman who puts the safety of their town over everything else. This story is excellent. It is so well written and heart render...more
This is an e-book short story that gives us the background on Sister Tabitha from Ryan's first book. There's not much to it, to be honest; while it's nice to find out what led Sister Tabitha to make the choices she did, there's nothing earth-shattering about her decision. Everything is easy to figure out from the very start, so there doesn't seem to be much point to the story. It makes for a nice way to pass some time if you are sitting in a waiting room or something like that, but it doesn't ad...more
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This short addition to the Forest of Hands and Teeth series gives readers a glimpse into the background and psychology of Tabitha. Those of you who have read The Forest of Hands and Teeth will recognize Sister Tabitha as the strict, scary, maybe even a little crazy head of the Sisterhood that tries to stifle Mary’s love and curiosity. Hare Moon delves into the past, when Tabitha is a young, curious teenager herself. When she meets a boy on the path into the forest, she learns that what she once...more
I feel bad for giving this story such a low score, given how much I like the Forest of Hands and Teeth series. But all of Ryan's heroines sound the same. They have the same needs, desires, and dreams. They walk the same and talk the same and I've grown tied of this particular story. That being said, I enjoy Carrie Ryan's writing. This series is one of the most unique zombie novels I've ever read. I just don't think that Sister Tabitha needed her own story. She already made sense. Especially sinc...more
Hare Moon is a short story by Carrie Ryan, continuing in her well known zombie apocalypse series ‘The Forest of Hands and Teeth’. The short story focuses on Tabitha, one of the minor characters from the first book and how she comes to enter the Sisterhood. The short follows much the same format as its predecessors, the protagonist dreams of leaving the village surrounded by fences but ultimately sacrifices her dreams to protect the people that she cares about.
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Tabitha, the curious young gal that she is, knows that there has to be more beyond her fenced village...beyond the Forest of Hands and Teeth.
One day she decides to explore, and on the other side she meets Patrick, who tells her that, indeed, there is more to the world than she could've imagined.
But poor Tabitha is torn between choosing to be with her love or doing what is safe for her village (you know, so they don't become infected...more
Tabitha, the curious young gal that she is, knows that there has to be more beyond her fenced village...beyond the Forest of Hands and Teeth.
One day she decides to explore, and on the other side she meets Patrick, who tells her that, indeed, there is more to the world than she could've imagined.
But poor Tabitha is torn between choosing to be with her love or doing what is safe for her village (you know, so they don't become infected...more
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Carrie Ryan is the New York Times bestselling author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth, The Dead-Tossed Waves, The Dark and Hollow Places, and the original ebook Hare Moon. She is also the editor of Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction and the author of Divide and Conquer, the second book in Scholastic's multi-author/multi-platform Infinity Ring series.
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“It isn't the young men who call to her at night. It's the Forest. It's the whisper of the trees that there's somethine else, outside the fences. That there's still a world that's bigger than any she could ever comprehend and all she has to do is find the strength to go after it.”
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