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3.34 AVERAGE
3.34 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Beautifully written... but if you have a version of the book that has review quotes talking about this being “sexy” or a romance... don’t listen. This is a horror book, scary and emotional. The characters deal with a lot, and the author explores all sorts of effects the zombies have on the world around them, so please don’t go into this if you’re wanting a love story.
This is how marketing can get books into the wrong audience’s hands and end up with bad reviews...
I basically read this book in one sitting. The story was haunting, and I couldn’t put it down! I loved seeing inside Mary’s head and understanding the different emotions as she went on a journey to understand the world around her and her place in it.
This is how marketing can get books into the wrong audience’s hands and end up with bad reviews...
I basically read this book in one sitting. The story was haunting, and I couldn’t put it down! I loved seeing inside Mary’s head and understanding the different emotions as she went on a journey to understand the world around her and her place in it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
I was expecting some good things from this book and I was not disappointed. It's full of action, thoughtfulness, love and romance, and zombies. All things I love in a novel. Though, the ending was a bit disappointing so thus it only gets four starts. I'm hoping that the ending means their are more books to come in this world of the Unconsecrated.
We see the world from the perspective of Mary. She lives in a small village in the middle of a forest that is infested with zombies. They are the last remnants of the human race uninfected or so the Sisterhood tells everyone. But soon the village is finally overrun by the zombies and her, her brother, her friend, and the two men she loves escape with her into the forest. Her mother has told her stories of the world before the zombies came into it and she sets out to find the ocean and this world that may be free from the zombies.
There are a few things not patched up for me and a few plot twists that I didn't like, but I feel that it is another great zombie classic and am looking forward to its sequel!
We see the world from the perspective of Mary. She lives in a small village in the middle of a forest that is infested with zombies. They are the last remnants of the human race uninfected or so the Sisterhood tells everyone. But soon the village is finally overrun by the zombies and her, her brother, her friend, and the two men she loves escape with her into the forest. Her mother has told her stories of the world before the zombies came into it and she sets out to find the ocean and this world that may be free from the zombies.
There are a few things not patched up for me and a few plot twists that I didn't like, but I feel that it is another great zombie classic and am looking forward to its sequel!
My very first horror/zombie book......and I loved it! It was so intense I read it in one day and was on the edge of my sea the whole time. The writing made you feel like YOU were Mary and YOU were running from zombies. One of the things that really stuck out to me was the fact that she was madly in love but at the end of the book decided that the thing she couldn't live without was her life long dream of seeing the ocean. That was pretty cool. At the end of this book the first thing I did was go to the library to get the next two books in the series. I was a little disappointed when I found out that the next books were from someone else's point of view.....I just ended up loving Mary so much! Over all absolutely a wonderful book! with very high quality writing.
Thoroughly enjoyed every step of the book. Suspenseful and creepy. I know now that there is to be a sequel. I did find some things unresolved that may be in the future.
Possibly a mistake to read this book, as it pushes my biggest unreasonable paranoia button but good. I didn't initially find Mary that annoying, but the more I think about it, the more she's really, really self-absorbed. Of everybody in that group, I think I want her to survive the least. But it's a first-person narrative zombie book, so she's got to make it.
I would have liked this better with more clarity in what, exactly, happened to start the whole zombie-plague thing. I do not have the patience for tiny little hints without much payoff.
Also - seriously? Scraped by rotting flesh, covered in infected blood at various points, and the worst that happens to anyone not bitten is scabs? Those are some pretty damn antiseptic walking dead, right there.
I would have liked this better with more clarity in what, exactly, happened to start the whole zombie-plague thing. I do not have the patience for tiny little hints without much payoff.
Also - seriously? Scraped by rotting flesh, covered in infected blood at various points, and the worst that happens to anyone not bitten is scabs? Those are some pretty damn antiseptic walking dead, right there.
As a fan of dystopians, I understand that not everything is happy happy sunshine, but I feel that The Forest of Hands and Teeth would have been more powerful if the over-the-top melodramatic tone and moments were limited to a choice few. I became a little tired of the main character’s morose tone of voice. Of course, being surrounded by zombies and losing a lot of people in your life is not conducive to happy thoughts, but Mary took overdramatic to a whole ‘nother level.
The book’s fast pace was only a problem in the very beginning. The author and characters run head-long into drama and action without establishing background or history or even what people look like. This pace left out details about the world the author built, but still had me turning pages.
The book’s fast pace was only a problem in the very beginning. The author and characters run head-long into drama and action without establishing background or history or even what people look like. This pace left out details about the world the author built, but still had me turning pages.
I would have like this book a lot better if it focused more on the mysteries about the Sisterhood instead of the love triangle. The library has the entire series, so I suppose I'll continue.
I just didn't like the main character. And the rest of them to be honest. The story could be great, it had a lot of tension, mystery, it was a little bit spooky... but the characters ruined to mood for me. They felt flat and annoying to me. The characters just didn't fit the surroundings, and the world building was very good, it set this slightly scary mood, full of secrets.
In the end it felt like a crossover between movie "The village" ( i don't know if there is a book), "Maze runner" and zombie apocalypse.
In the end it felt like a crossover between movie "The village" ( i don't know if there is a book), "Maze runner" and zombie apocalypse.
So...I have calmed down and gotten real with myself, and removed two stars from my review. I admit that I tore through this book. I loved the beginning. I loved the title. I loved the world, the premise, etc. etc.
But it turned into a ridiculous love square that left me cringing in embarrassment at the purple prose, and skimming until the focus shifted back to the zombies. Sigh. It could have been great. Anyway, on a more positive note, I discovered that it started out as a NaNoWriMo project, and I am feeling inspired to participate again.
And the title of the second book is even more irresistible...I will probably end up reading it, augh.
But it turned into a ridiculous love square that left me cringing in embarrassment at the purple prose, and skimming until the focus shifted back to the zombies. Sigh. It could have been great. Anyway, on a more positive note, I discovered that it started out as a NaNoWriMo project, and I am feeling inspired to participate again.
And the title of the second book is even more irresistible...I will probably end up reading it, augh.
A fast-paced, compelling read. The characters, including the narrator, fell a little flat for me, and I am cranky about the ending, so it didn't quite make 4 stars. The best thing about this novel is its fully realized and engrossing post-apocalyptic landscape. I would consider returning there for a sequel (somehow I expect there is one).