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Jul 28, 2011

Morgan rated it:

In some parts, it was my favorite. In others, it was my least favorite.

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Feb 17, 2011

thync rated it:

How the hell can you give something 5 stars when you haven't read it yet? Stupidest thing in like the history of ever, duh. lolz or something.

I'll have to give it 1 star for the sake of parity.

Edit: Aha! It's already gone down 0.11 points. Justice will be done...

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Oct 15, 2011

Megan rated it:

Perhaps I need to go back and reread The Forest of Hands and Teeth. The thing is, that book blew me away. I loved the mystery, the surreal quality, Mary's craziness, the pervading sense of doom and of course the never ending onslaught of the Unconsecrated. I remember reading the book late at night, in the middle of a storm while the hubby was away. Between the wind and lightening I could hear moans of the undead, and when thunder shook my old, isolated house I imagined hoards at my door. I was s More...

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Feb 14, 2012

Giselle rated it:

This is definitely the best of the three. Just as original and thought provoking as the first two in the series- in The Dark and Hollow Places we follow yet a new character, Annah, as the protagonist. Although the others from The Dead-Tossed Waves are present as well. Some more than others, but don't fret- you won't miss anyone; Annah's story is plenty interesting. I also found her to be a much more competent main character than Mary and Gabry. She is strong and self sufficient. I really admired More...

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Feb 21, 2012

Stephanie rated it:

You know how when you are reading a book and you can sort of tell when the author lets her characters off the hook or saves them from a potentially devastating situation? Well, Carrie Ryan spares no sort of mercy for her characters. In fact, she leaves your soul begging for a way out for them. I found myself bargaining with Ryan to please cut them some slack! But Alas, such is not the way in any of the Forest of Hands and Teeth novels. While the POV changed from each of the three books More...

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May 06, 2011

Wendy Darling rated it:

I really liked The Forest of Hands and Teeth, which I thought was a bleak, well-written take on the whole zombie story. I wasn't as big a fan of the follow-up novel, The Dead-Tossed Waves, primarily because I thought Gabry was a bit of a whiner and a little too obsessed with boys in the middle of all the death, dying, and undead.

As such, I wasn't sure whether I was eager to follow the story with the third installment in the series, but happily The Dark and Hollow Places returns with a More...

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Sep 17, 2011

Ticklish Owl rated it:

After reading and reviewing The Dead Tossed Waves, I wasn't planning on reading the final book in this series. But, I hate starting a series and not finishing it, and I really hoped this book would be better.

The plot follows the previous two books; there's the whiny, self-pitying girl, the love triangle, and the need to escape. The writing hasn't improved either. Something is always almost like something else, unimaginative similes abound. Someone is always retching or vomiting. Whe More...

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Apr 12, 2011

Lupita rated it:

i want to know what happeds to gabry!!!!!!!!! but can not wait till it comes out

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Apr 12, 2011

Lola rated it:

It seems to be happening a lot to me lately first with the next part if the Gone series and now this too... I don't know how I'm gonna wait a whole year

UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally a whole year has passed and I just finished reading the book this morning , 1 am counts as morning right??

After reading it I feel kind of overhelmed with all the emotions the story has generated on me, I even feel a bit sore of been pulled through all the tension moments along the s More...

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Oct 15, 2011

the golden witch. rated it:

Picking up right where we left off at the end of "The Dead-Tossed Waves", "The Dark and Hollow Places" ups the pace of the story, making us feel just as desperate as the rest of the main characters thus far.

This last third book in the trilogy (though I really, really hope there are others!) unites all of the characters we've met since the first book together in a frenetic union of panic and love, lust and hurt. Annah's love of her sister combined with the hate tha More...

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May 25, 2011

Krys rated it:

I've been slowly working through The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan for the last couple of days. Partly, I blame the stupidity of ongoing health dramas... partly I blame myself. This is "the final" book in the trilogy... and I simply did not want to let these books go.

The Dark and Hollow Places starts out with a new character - Annah, the twin sister of Gabry from book 2. Annah lives in the Dark City and is patiently awaiting the return of Elias, who went off to find More...

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Feb 17, 2011

Enna Isilee (Squeaky Books) rated it:

Wow. I wasn't too thrilled with this book at first, but that ending... Wow. I hope with all my might and soul that this isn't really the end of this fabulous series. But if it is, it's still a beautiful ending.

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Jun 15, 2011

Mandy rated it:

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Apr 16, 2011

Mundie Moms & Mundie Kids rated it:

Carrie Ryan has a talent for writing. Not only does her writing increase in perfection with each book, but she creates a world that feels so real while reading it, that I hopelessly and willingly fall victim to it's brilliance. Yes I know zombies aren't real, but they sure feel real when you're reading Carrie's series. I can honestly say I am NOT a zombie fan, but I'm a die hard Carrie Ryan zombie fan. There's a difference, as Carrie's main characters are not zombies, but the world in which they More...

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Mar 28, 2011

Penny rated it:

Brief-ish summary (that isn't so much spoilery as it is more of a quick set-up of the plot during the first chapter or so): Teenage Annah has been on her own for three years, since Elias--the boy with whom she got lost in the forest several years prior--left to join the protectorate to secure a better future for both of them. In the Dark City where lawlessness prevails Annah learned quickly what it takes to fend for herself. She's had to be strong in order to survive.

Because of s More...

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Apr 26, 2011

Angie rated it:

The first book in this series "The Forest of Hands and Teeth" was such a great story, then the second book "The Dead Tossed Waves" wasn't really a sequel, it was a whole different story with mostly different characters and it didn't make references to the first book very often, so you didn’t get any answers to the questions that the first book raised. This last book "The Dark and Hollow Places" is a sequel to "The Dead Tossed Waves", I started skimming abo More...

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Feb 17, 2011

One Pushy rated it:

I absolutely adored this final book in the Forest of Hands and Teeth trilogy!!! Anna and Catcher are so sad and broken and they go through such harrowing events but watching their love story unfold was beautiful. I adore love stories that show how love can heal a person and I definitely got that here.

I also love the gripping way Carrie Ryan grabbed me at the beginning of this book and wouldn't let go. She kept the tension and suspense going the whole time which made this book exceed More...

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Feb 17, 2011

Chara rated it:

Great read. Very quick to get through. Unlike much of the other paranormal romance type stuff for teens, this one isn't overly sexual or overly violent.

It def ended in a way that I didn't suspect Carrie Ryan to end it. Not saying it was bad or good, but I expected something very different.

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Jul 23, 2011

Cecilia added it

The third and final novel of the series, Ryan raps this saga up very well. The third novel is much more satisfying than the second because the second left us hanging but this one serves in tying up loose ends and presenting us with a plausable ending for the saga. The plot is touching, a little cheessey at times, but good. There are some cliched ideas but they are developed interestingly. Let's face it; Ryan is a pretty good writer. Ryan does break away from the torn between two lovers idea that More...

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Jul 01, 2011

Kristin Rae added it

A fast-paced, intense ending to one of the most horrifying yet fascinating series I've ever read. I feel slightly let down that I didn't get some of the answers I was looking for, but I guess these books really aren't about the state of the world, how it got to be that way, and what can be done about it... they're about the people, *coughFORBIDDENLOVE*, and survival. Fighting to live against all odds, because life and love are worth fighting for.
I look forward to what Carrie Ryan releases More...

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Feb 11, 2012

Holly rated it:

I mostly finished this because I'd read the previous two books, not because I was invested in the story. I didn't connect to Annah, her relationship with Catcher felt unrealistic, and the plot felt really similar to the other ones. This was a lot more similar to The Forest of Hands and Teeth than to The Dead-Tossed Waves in that not much happened action-wise, which I think is what saved the latter book (in my opinion) and made the weaknesses easier to overlook. This was more of a sit-and-figure- More...

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Feb 10, 2012

Tiffany rated it:

This novel continued where The Dead-Tossed Waves left off. We find out more about the characters from that book, but through the eyes of a new narrator who is actually Gabry's (Abigail's) twin sister, Annah. Annah has been "abandoned" by Elias when he left to join the recruiters and has been struggling to survive on her own in a city that has now been taken over by a group of nasty Recruiters. Lawlessness is rampant and Annah must do whatever it takes to survive. Just as she decides to More...

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Dec 31, 2011

Ayesha rated it:

The quote "Life is never that simple. And the fact that it’s not simple to you means only one thing: You’re still alive." can sum up not only this book but the whole series, it has the feeling of survival and pain and misery all in one and yet you fight on because its all you know to not become one of the "MUDO".

TDaHP is from Annah's pov, she is like many when we are in fear we come out fighting and that she does, no matter her situation she tries her best to figh More...

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Dec 27, 2011

Sinn rated it:

Ryan has this amazing way with words. Starting with the first book, I was drawn in by her introductions. I was pleasantly surprise that she kept it going in the later books. Even if a few short sentences, she sets the stage for the story without giving anything away or pushing too hard. It also sets the narrator's tone and pace of the novel.

All of the previous books follow a different character in the story post Return. In The Dead-Tossed Waves, the story picks up with Mary's daughter, More...

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Dec 22, 2011

Megan rated it:

I couldn't put this book down... which can be said for the other two in the series as well. Hell I even took my Kindle out to the barn and while I was supposed to be cleaning stalls I instead perched myself on a bag of shavings and read on, jumping every time the dog moaned in her sleep!

The Dark and Hollow Places had a very different feel to it. While the previous two settings reminded me of The Village and I imagined a lot of lush greenery, fog and ocean, this one had my imaginatio More...

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Dec 21, 2011

Era rated it:

Another extraordinary book from Carrie Ryan! Now I’m positive that she’s always topping her previous ones with her latest book. And this she had proven again with The Dark and Hollow Places, the last book of The Forest Of Hands And Teeth trilogy.

In the brink of the world collapsing, you’re sure to feel like giving up because of hopelessness. The magic of Ryan’s words would make you feel so cynical of the survival of humanity and you could only feel bad for the characters that you gre More...

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Nov 28, 2011

JJ rated it:

This had been sitting in my TBR pile for a while now and I think it says something about the state of YA literature right now that I just didn't have the stamina to crack it open. I liked Ryan's debut THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH, which I thought was gorgeously written, emotionally intense, and DAMN SCARY to boot (and with an amazing title!). A perfectly awesome book. However, I was less impressed by the follow up THE DEAD-TOSSED WAVES, which in my opinion, was the exact same story as THE FORES More...

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Nov 15, 2011

Shannon rated it:

Ah, dead people, teen angst and over bearing authority. No, it's not Twilight- it's the conclusion of the Forest of Hands and Teeth trilogy.

Okay, I think this is the best of the three books but there is still room for improvement. The basic plot is that of many zombie/post-apolcalyptic novels: run and hide from dead things, fight back, give up hope, regain hope, make a stand. Repeat.

The Dark and Hollow Places sticks to this formula and gives us four characters to cente More...

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Oct 24, 2011

Cheyenne rated it:

When I started reading this book I thought that it was going to have none of the same characters as the first and second ones did. Towards the middle of The book I figured out all the characters were either in the book or at least mentioned.
I really liked how when the author ended her books she made it so we would want to read more. She kept me reading. My favorite Character Is Catcher because he had to prove too everyone that he was strong enough to keep them all safe, and he fig More...

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Oct 01, 2011

Lauren rated it:

Really enjoyed it, like the last book, the zombie killing action is pretty much none existent when compared with the mad-axe women characteristics of Mary. However, whilst the lack of zombie action was disappointed, the slow, but sure breakdown of the society in the Sanctuary was pretty compelling and vaguely horrifying to read.

The book never dragged, unlike the Dead-Tossed Waves, but had a lively pace. I loved the map scene, where Ox unveils what I've actually been wanting to know fo More...

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