Review - The Forest Of Hands And Teeth

The Forest Of Hands And Teeth by Carrie Ryan


Publisher - Gollancz/OrionNum of Pages - 308My Rating - 



In Mary's world there are simple truths.The Sisterhood always knows best.The Guardians will protect and serve.The Unconsecrated will never relent.
And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth.
But slowly, Mary's truths are failing her. She's learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and it's secrets, and the Guardians and their power, and about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. When the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, she must choose between her village and her future - between the ones she loves and the one who loves her. 
And she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Could there be life outside a world surrounded by so much death.

REVIEW

Here's how it went:

Me: Take that, ya ******
(Slamming my finger down on the x button. My eyes watching the television screen as my character Wei on 'Sleeping Dogs' dies, yet again.)
Me: *sigh* Forget it.
(Throwing the controller on the bed and turning the PS3 off, I gaze over the bookcase of The Unread. Book after book passes until I come across Forest of Hands and Teeth that has been sitting on the shelf for two years.)
Me: Okay. Lets give you a shot.

10 Minutes Later....

Me: Holy Moly. This is like M. Knight Shyamalans 'The Village'...but with zombies! I loved that movie! This is going to be great.

10 Minutes Later...

Me: How could her brother just chuck her out like that. The prick. Team Mary.

10 Minutes Later....

Me: Woah, woah, woah....Who the hell is this guy she's getting into bed and confessing her undying love for. He came out of nowhere. What happened to the other guy....

10 Minutes Later...

Me: Mary, love, I get you want to see the ocean but seriously, it's not worth getting yourself turned into a zombie for if the Sisterhood catches you snooping.

10 Minutes Later....

Me: Okay. Let's see if this is right? Mary loves Travis who is 'betrothed' to her best friend, Cass who actually loves Henry and he loves her back but can't marry her because his brother, Travis, choose Cass, but he actually loves Mary...?
Well, why don't they just swap. It's not rocket science.

10 Minutes Later...

Me: What's happening...I Don't ...Oh No. There goes the village. Zombie's and falling bodies everywhere.

10 Minutes Later...
Me: *Sigh* Maybe if I just skip this chapter.

1 Minutes Later.

Me: Okay maybe another.

30 Seconds Later:

Me: I bet the endings really good. Let's just take a peek and fin- WHAT! After all that, the group is broken up. Travis is infected. Her brother is dead and the others are still in the forest. Oh, but don't worry. Mary's finally found the ocean. Are ya happy now, Mary! Now that you've killed everyone. Congrats buddy.
(Throws the book aside and looks back at the bulging bookcase.)
Me: *Sigh* Let's try something else. Let me see. Aha! Aliens. That's new.





So that is basically how the reading of Forest of Hands and Teeth went. I gave it two stars instead of one because the beginning was really promising. The Village was a really interesting film that had a great and surprising turn in it. Which is hard to do now with film creativity at it's lowest. And I thought that's how this book would go. The introduction of zombie's were surprising, but I felt a little deflated. I was hoping for something new. Then again at least it wasn't vampires or werewolves. As soon as the love quadrangle began, my interest started waning and I'm afraid I couldn't keep it stoked enough to even read the middle.