syngirl 's review for:

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

4.0

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I honestly didn't care about the characters. I felt bad for them, and clutched my e-reader in suspense when bad things happened. I even had to turn it off a few times to breathe close to the end. But...the characters were flat, a lot of things weren't explained, and typically I can overlook a few plot holes. But these were gaping plot canyons!

I'll give the next book a chance, because as a dystopian zombie book it was great. I just don't like Mary, she reminds me of Lori on the walking dead. There is even a Carl in Jacob and Shane and Rick in Harry and Travis, only toned down for YA audiences.

I gave 5 stars because as a zombie horror novel it succeeds, but as a ya para romance it's a horrible failure.